JAGSAT 1
Satellite information JAGSAT 1 - 1998-067UJ
| Spacetrack Directory Name | JAGSAT 1 |
| Alternative name | 1998-067UJ |
| Orbit launches |
1998-11-20 |
| Deorbitation date |
2023-01-22 |
| Days in orbit | 8829 |
| Country/organisation of origin | USA (US) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| Perigee | 411 km |
| Apogee | 416 km |
Additional information JAGSAT 1
Our mission is to measure plasma electron density in the upper F layer of the ionosphere, between 400 km to 800 km altitude, in the equatorial and mid latitudes. Use a time domain impedance probe to conduct spatially resolved measurements of plasma density irregularities in the ionosphere. \r\nThe development and construction of JAGSAT is primarily handled by the 50+ undergraduate students involved in the project. The project has introduced these students to the art of amateur radio communications and during the flight mission will be used as an educational tool to explain amateur radio principles and theory. Pursuit of radio science regarding properties of the ionosphere. \r\nAmateur operators will be able to coordinate with University of South Alabama to develop space weather monitoring tools, specifically to understand and predict the effects of RF scintillation on amateur or other communication signals, in furtherance to the radio art with respect to exploiting the ionosphere.
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