DOVE (Oscar 17, DO 17)

DOVE (Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder) or DO 17 (DOVE Oscar) was an AMSAT-Brazil (BRAMSAT) microsatellite launched on the first ARIANE ASAP flight V35 with SPOT-2, on the 22. January 1990 into an 780 km sun-synchronous, 98 degree inclined orbit. It has a Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder (DOVE), designed to provide synthesised voice messages of telemetry for educational institutions. It is box shaped with dimensions of 150 x 150 x 150 mm, with four solar panels and weighs 12.92kg.

After a troubled life to commission the satellite, DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and 2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not responded to ground station control.

Nation:	Brazil
Type / Application:	Amateur communication
Operator:	BRAMSAT
Contractors:
Equipment:
Configuration:	Amsat-NA Microsat
Propulsion:
Lifetime:
Mass:	12 kg
Orbit:

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
DOVE (Oscar 17, DO 17)	22.01.1990	Ko ELA-2		Ariane-40 H10	with Spot 2, UoSAT 3, Uosat 4, Webersat, Pacsat, Lusat