AMSAT-DL Active Projects Phase 3E - Technology Validation Mission orbit AO-40 was intended to inhabit same spaceframe as used by AO-10 and AO-13 launch on Ariane 5 using SBS + adapter Phase 5A - A Mars Orbiter Mission! AO-40 spaceframe and propulsion system single 2 meter dish antenna on spacecraft coherent transponder (200 / 5 bits/sec, coded) hitchhiker experiments launch on Ariane 5