Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful and informative for you.
If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simple and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much.
MaqSat B
MaqSat B [Kayser-Threde]
MaqSat B (Maquette Satellite - Bas) is a dummy payload.
The ARIANE 502 payload consists of three components: The lower Instrumented Platform (MaqSat B), the upper Instrumented Payload (MaqSat H) and TEAMSAT (Technology education Experiment Added To MAQSat) (various experiments of European universities) which is added to MaqSat H. The platforms are developed, manufactured and tested by Kayser-Threde, Munich and correspond to about 90 % of the total payload mass.
MaqSat B, 2340 kg in mass, simulates a virtual satellite with a very stiff structure. Accelerations and contamination will be measured simultaneously during ascent. These sensors have been provided by CASA, Spain.
| Nation: | Europe |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Vehicle evaluation |
| Operator: | Arianespace |
| Contractors: | Kayser-Threde |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 2340 kg |
| Orbit: | 531 km × 26572 km, 7.79° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MaqSat B | 1997-066B | 30.10.1997 | Ko ELA-3 | P | Ariane-5G | with MaqSat H & TEAMSAT, YES |
References:
- Kayser-Threde: MAQSAT The Instrumented Platforms, 1997-10-23
