Fasat

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Fasat

Program: Fasat. Objective: Communications. Type: Amateur Radio. Overview: Test satellite built by Surrey Satellite for the Chilean Air Force. Major Events: .

31 August 1995 Fasat-Alfa Spacecraft: Microsat SSTL. Mass: 50 kg. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Vehicle: Tsyklon 3. More details
Chile's first satellite built through a technology transfer programme with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. Carried store and forward and Earth observation payloads. Decommissioned as of 2000.
10 July 1998 Fasat-Bravo Spacecraft: Microsat SSTL. Mass: 50 kg. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Zenit-2. More details
Customer: Chilean Air Force (FACH). Chile's second satellite carrying store and forward and Earth observation payloads, replacing those lost on FASat-Alpha. Still operational as of 2000.

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