BRICSat-2

BRICSat-2 Navy-OSCAR 103
BRICSat-2, still without engines
Type:	Amateur radio satellite
Country:	United States
Operator:	United States Naval Academy George Washington University
COSPAR-ID :	2019-036S
Mission dates
Dimensions:	1 kg
Size:	10 cm × 10 cm × 15 cm
Begin:	June 25, 2019, 6:30 am ITC
Starting place:	Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Launcher:	Falcon Heavy
Orbit data
Rotation time :	96.1 hours
Orbit inclination :	28.5 °
Apogee height :	849.2 km
Perigee height :	312.5 km

BRICSat-2 (Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite 2), also USNAP1 , is an experimental amateur radio satellite of the United States Naval Academy , which was developed in cooperation with George Washington University . BRICSat-2 is the successor to BRICSat-P . The OSCAR number administrator of AMSAT North America assigned the number 103 to this satellite; in the amateur radio community it is therefore also called Navy-OSCAR 103, or NO-103 for short.

Mission objectives

• Testing of a drive with miniaturized thermal arc engines
• APRS - digipeater

mission

BRICSat-2 was launched on June 25, 2019 with a Falcon Heavy from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 as part of the STP-2 mission (Space Test Program 2) as one of 24 satellites.

Frequencies

The following frequencies for the satellite were coordinated by the International Amateur Radio Union :

• 145.825 MHz - Uplink APRS - Digipeater , 1200 baud
• 145.825 MHz - Downlink APRS digipeater
• 437.605 MHz - Telemetry , 9600 baud (callsign USNAP14)

Web links

• BRICSAT-2 - The first APRS Satelilte with Thrusters . APRS (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ciprian Sufitchi: BRICSAT August 2, 5, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Drew glass burner: BRICSAT2 and PSAT2 Designated Navy-OSCAR 103 (NO-103) and Navy-OSCAR 104 (NO-104). August 5, 2019, accessed August 6, 2019 .