Australis-OSCAR-5
Launch Date: 23 January 1970, Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, CA.
Stabilization: Passive magnetic
Beacons: 29.45 MHz 250mW, 144.05 MHz, 50mW
Telemetry: 7 channels, PWM.
Power: Alkaline manganese battery.
Antenna: 29 MHz 1/2 wave dipole, two 145 MHz 1/4 wave monopoles.
Notes: Built at University of Melbourne, Australia. Launched with Tiros
weather satellite. Command receiver (on 2m) and hardwired decoder (first
remote control of an amateur satellite). Operational life 46 days.
References:
"Australis Oscar 5: The Launch Story", William Dunkerley Jr., WA2INB,
QST, April 1970, p. 61.
"Australis Oscar - Its Design, Construction and Operation", David Bellair, VK3ZFB, and Stephen Howard, QST, July 1969, p. 58.
"Strays", anonymous, QST, March 1970, p. 86 (a bibliography on AO-5).
"The Satellite Experimenter's Handbook", 1st edition, Martin Davidoff, K2UBC, American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, 1985.
"OSCAR at 25: The Amateur Space Program Comes of Age", Jan King, W3GEY, et al., QST, December 1986, p. 15.
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