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 |
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]