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aliases:
  - context: missionID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 322
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=322
  - context: Mission
    lexicon: ceos
    term: FedSat
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionindex.aspx#F
  - context: resource
    lexicon: dbpedia
    term: FedSat
    url: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/FedSat
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : Co-operative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (Australia) '
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    id: 3867
    organization:
      country_code: AU
      display_name: Co-operative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (Australia)
      identifier: cooperative-research-centre-satellite-systems
      name: Co-operative Research Centre for Satellite Systems (Australia)
      organization_type_identifier: national
      type: organization
      url: ~
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    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3867
  - display_name: 'Contributor : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3864.yaml
    id: 3864
    organization:
      country_code: AU
      display_name: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
      identifier: commonwealth-scientific-industrial-research-organisation
      name: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
      organization_type_identifier: national
      type: organization
      url: http://www.csiro.au/
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    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
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    uri: /contributor/3864
description: 'FedSat is an Australian microsatellite to commemorate the centenary celebration of Australian Federation in 2001. The program is managed by CRCSS (Cooperative Research Center for Satellite Systems), established January 1, 1998. The Center comprises the Australian research body CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization), the University of South Australia, the Queensland University of Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, Auspace Limited, Vipac Engineers and Scientists Ltd, and the University of Newcastle.'
description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/f/fedsat
display_name: federation-satellite
end_date: 2005-12-14T00:00:00
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href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/federation-satellite.yaml
identifier: federation-satellite
instruments:
  - description: ~
    description_attribution: ~
    identifier: communications-payload-ka-and-uhf-band
    name: Communications payload (Ka and UHF band)
    uri: /instrument/communications-payload-ka-and-uhf-band
  - description: Magnetometer
    description_attribution: Magnetometer
    identifier: fluxgate-magnetometer
    name: Fluxgate magnetometer
    uri: /instrument/fluxgate-magnetometer
  - description: GNSS receiver
    description_attribution: GNSS receiver
    identifier: gps-receiver-3
    name: GPS receiver
    uri: /instrument/gps-receiver-3
name: Federation Satellite
parents: []
platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
references: []
start_date: 2002-12-14T00:00:00
type: platform
uri: /platform/federation-satellite
url: http://www.crcss.csiro.au/