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FedSat
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<p> FedSat (Australia's 'Federation Satellite'; sometimes FedSat 1; COSPAR 2002-056B, SATCAT 27598) was an Australian scientific research satellite launched from <a href="/facts/Tanegashima_Space_Center/PKLppwl8">Tanegashima Space Center</a>, Japan by a NASDA <a href="/facts/H-IIA/W9Q48DHS">H-IIA</a> launch vehicle on 14 December 2002 (NASDA is now merged with <a href="/facts/JAXA/ofUpflgf">JAXA</a>). The satellite was developed by the Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems, a cooperative made up of several universities, commercial organisations and government bodies. The ground station was at the Institute for Telecommunications Research, part of the <a href="/facts/University_of_South_Australia/sTsjwxcP">University of South Australia</a>, near <a href="/facts/Adelaide/G3eYAnxs">Adelaide</a>. From 2005 to 2007, it was operated by the <a href="/facts/Australian_Department_of_Defence/LzRxq1qp">Australian Department of Defence</a>. </p>