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FASat-Alfa was to become the first Chilean satellite, and was constructed under a Technology Transfer Program between the Chilean Air Force (FACH) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the United Kingdom. The primary goal of the Program was to obtain for Chile the basic scientific and technological experience required to continue with more advanced steps. The purposes of the FASat-Alfa mission are to create a group of engineers with aerospace experience, to have the first Chilean satellite in orbit, and to install and operate the Mission Control Station (ECM-Santiago) in Chile.

There were two satellites: FASat-Alfa and FASat-Bravo. The Alfa satellite was launched on 31 August 1995 on TSYCLON from Plesetsk. Its orbit was intended to be 682 x 651 km, inclined at 82.53 degrees; however, the spacecraft failed to separate from the failed Ukrainian satellite it was attached to.

The Bravo satellite was launched on 10 July 1998, on TSYCLON from Baikonur. Its intended orbit was 682 x 651 km, inclined at 82.53 degrees. It was to operate 13,000 orbits until 2002.

Characteristics

• Bus: SSTL microbus, fifth generation
• Owner: Fuerza Aérea De Chile (Air Force), Chile
• Payloads: Ozone Monitoring Experiment, Remote sensing, Data Transfer Experiment, Advanced Digital Signal Processing Payload, Orbital Positioning via GPS, Educational support

External links

• Official FASat-Alfa project page (In spanish, with some articles in english)
• Spanish Wikipedia article

На других языках

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- [en] FASat-Alfa

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[es] FASat-Alfa

El FASat-Alfa fue un fallido satélite chileno. El primero de ese país, construido bajo un programa de transferencia tecnológica entre la Fuerza Aérea de Chile y la empresa británica Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) y lanzado el 31 de agosto de 1995.[1][2]

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[ru] Fasat-Alfa

Fasat-Alfa— микроспутник, первый искусственный спутник Земли, изготовленный в Чили совместно с Университетом Суррея, Великобритания. Перед аппаратом стояла задача отработать несколько новых технологий и изучить озоновый слой. Fasat-Alfa был запущен 31 августа 1995 года с космодрома Плесецк с помощью ракеты-носителя Циклон-3 вместе с первым спутником независимой Украины Сич-1. После выведения на орбиту аппараты должны были разделится. Этого не произошло, и на Fasat-Alfa отключились все бортовые системы. Задачи выполнены не были[3].

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