BRICSat-2 | |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Operator: | U.S. Navy[1] |
Cospar Id: | 2019-036S |
Satcat: | 44355 |
Spacecraft Bus: | 1.5U Cubesat[2] |
Manufacturer: | George Washington University |
Launch Mass: | 1kg (02lb) |
Launch Date: | UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Falcon Heavy |
Launch Site: | Kennedy LC-39A |
Launch Contractor: | SpaceX |
Decay Date: | 20 April 2022[3] |
Orbit Epoch: | 7 April 2020[4] |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
Orbit Periapsis: | 310.4km (192.9miles) |
Orbit Apoapsis: | 799km (496miles) |
Orbit Semimajor: | 6925km (4,303miles) |
Orbit Inclination: | 28.5323° |
Orbit Period: | 95.6 minutes |
Orbit Mean Motion: | 15.06277419 |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans 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.