BRICSat-2
BRICSat-2 (Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite 2), or USNAP1, is an experimental amateur radio satellite from the United States Naval Academy that was developed in collaboration with George Washington University. BRICSat-2 is the successor to BRICSat-P. AMSAT North America's OSCAR number administrator assigned number 103 to this satellite; in the amateur radio community it is therefore also called Navy-OSCAR 103, short NO-103.[4]
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | U.S. Navy[1] |
COSPAR ID | 2019-036S[1] |
SATCAT no. | 44355[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | 1.5U Cubesat[2] |
Manufacturer | George Washington University |
Launch mass | 1 kg (2.2 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 June 2019, 06:30 | UTC
Rocket | Falcon Heavy |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 6,932 kilometres (4,307 mi)[3] |
Perigee altitude | 310.8 kilometres (193.1 mi)[3] |
Apogee altitude | 812.4 kilometres (504.8 mi)[3] |
Inclination | 28.5319°[3] |
Period | 95.7 minutes[3] |
Mean motion | 15.04028648[3] |
Epoch | 3 February 2020[3] |
Transponders | |
Band | FM |
Mission
BRICSat-2 was launched on June 25, 2019 with a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States, as part of Mission STP-2 (Space Test Program 2) as one of 24 satellites.
Frequencies
- 145.825 MHz - Uplink APRS digital repeater, 1200 bd
- 145.825 MHz - Downlink APRS digital repeater
- 437.605 MHz - Telemetry, 9600 bd (callsign USNAP14)
gollark: Hardly.
gollark: .
gollark: Maybe I should collate my arbitrary musings on society into a blog post
gollark: And that our computing infrastructure is growing more and more capable and yet more convoluted and poorly designed.
gollark: And that building things is slow and expensive in most countries for no apparent reason.
See also
References
- "BRICSAT 2". NSSDCA. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Erik Kulu. "BricSat-2 (USNA-P1, BricSat-2, BricSat-D, Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite, PSat B, ParkinsonSat B". Nanosats database. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "BRICSAT 2 (NO-103)". n2yo.com. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- Glasbrener, Drew (5 August 2020). "BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104)". Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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