OSCAR 44

PCSat1 (OSCAR 44)

Type:	Amateur radio satellite
Country:	United States United States
Operator:	United States Naval Academy
COSPAR-ID :	2001-043C
Mission dates
Dimensions:	10 kg
Begin:	September 30, 2001
Starting place:	Kodiak Launch Complex LP-1
Launcher:	Athena-1
Orbit data
Orbit inclination :	67 °
Apogee height :	800 km
Perigee height :	790 km

OSCAR 44 or PCSat 1 ( Prototype Communications SATellite ) is an American amateur radio satellite for packet radio . It was built at the United States Naval Academy .

The satellite was launched on September 30, 2001 with an Athena 1 rocket along with the Starshine 3 , PICOSat and SAPPHIRE satellites from the Kodiak Launch Complex . After the successful launch, the satellite was assigned the OSCAR number 44.

The satellite has a digipeater for APRS in the 2 meter band . Typically OSCAR 44 operates with a negative current account balance, that is, it is at each occurrence from sunlight by the photovoltaic cells supplied with voltage and remains as it exits the sunlight for a further 45 minutes using the actively charged by the photovoltaic cells battery.

literature

Bob Bruninga: An APRS satellite for mobile / handheld communications. In: QEX, January 2002, pages 47-53.

Web links

Commons : PCSat 1 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Navy-OSCAR 44 (PCSat). AMSAT, accessed January 8, 2013 .

[1] Navy-OSCAR 44 (PCSat). AMSAT, accessed January 8, 2013 .