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Experimental amateur radio satellite

BRICSat-2

Mission type Communications
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 (2019-06-25UTC06:30) UTC
Rocket Falcon Heavy
Launch site Kennedy LC-39A
Contractor SpaceX
End of mission
Decay date 20 April 2022[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Semi-major axis 6,925 kilometres (4,303 mi)[4]
Perigee altitude 310.4 kilometres (192.9 mi)[4]
Apogee altitude 799.0 kilometres (496.5 mi)[4]
Inclination 28.5323°[4]
Period 95.6 minutes[4]
Mean motion 15.06277419[4]
Epoch 7 April 2020[4]
Transponders
Band FM

BRICSat-2 (Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite 2), or USNAP1, was an experimental amateur radio satellite from the United States Naval Academy that was developed in collaboration with George Washington University. BRICSat-2 was the successor to BRICSat-P. AMSAT North America's OSCAR number administrator assigned number 103 to this satellite; in the amateur radio community it was therefore called Navy-OSCAR 103, short NO-103.[5]

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.

  1. ^ a b c "BRICSAT 2". NSSDCA. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ Erik Kulu. "BricSat-2 (USNA-P1, BricSat-2, BricSat-D, Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite, PSat B, ParkinsonSat B". Nanosats database. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "BRICSAT 2 (NO-103)". N2YO.com. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "BRICSAT 2 (NO-103)". N2YO.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. ^ Glasbrener, Drew (5 August 2020). "BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104)". Retrieved 3 February 2020.