BRICSat-2

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

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

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)

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• OSCAR