AMSAT P5A [AMSAT]
AMSAT P5A (also known as Phase 5A or Go-Mars) was a proposed Mars mission by the AMSAT-DL radio amateus
The spacecraft was to be built based on the AMSAT P3D satellite. It was also to deploy a balloon from the "Mars Society Deutschland" onto Mars and P5-A was then to be used as communication satellite to forward data signals from Mars to Earth. Some of the techniques required for this purpose were to be tested on AMSAT-DL's new satellite AMSAT P3-E which was to launch in 2005, but has since been deferred due to launch costs.
The AMSAT P5A has apparently put on hold.
Nation: | Germany |
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Type / Application: | Mars orbiter, amateur radio communication |
Operator: | AMSAT-DL |
Contractors: | AMSAT-DL |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | hexagonal prism |
Propulsion: | S400 |
Power: | 6 deployable fixed solar arrays, body mounted solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 650 kg |
Orbit: | solar orbit, later Martian orbit |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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AMSAT P5A( Phase 5A) | - | cancelled | with ? |