OSCAR 44
PCSat-1 satellite. | |
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | USNA |
COSPAR ID | 2001-043C[1] |
SATCAT no. | 26931 |
Website | PCSat |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 10 kg (22 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 30 September 2001, 02:40 UTC |
Rocket | Athena 1 LM-001 |
Launch site | Kodiak LP-1 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Semi-major axis | 7,167.0 km (4,453.4 mi)[2] |
Perigee altitude | 792.3 km (492.3 mi)[2] |
Apogee altitude | 801.7 km (498.2 mi)[2] |
Inclination | 67.0511°[2] |
Period | 100.7 minutes[2] |
Epoch | 13 February 2020[2] |
Transponders | |
Band | FM |
Frequency | Downlink: 145.825 MHz Uplink: 145.825 MHz |
OSCAR ← OSCAR 43 OSCAR 45 → |
OSCAR 44 (also called Navy-OSCAR 44, PCSat-1, Prototype Communications SATellite and NO-44) is an American amateur radio satellite for packet radio. It was built by Bob Bruninga at the U.S. Naval Academy.
The satellite was launched on September 30, 2001 by the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, using an Athena 1 rocket along with the Starshine 3, PICOSat and SAPPHIRE satellites. After the successful launch, the satellite was assigned OSCAR number 44.
The satellite has a digipeater for APRS in the 2-meter band. OSCAR 44 usually works with a negative power balance, which means that it is supplied with voltage by the photovoltaic cells each time it enters sunlight and remains active for another 45 minutes when it leaves sunlight using the battery charged by the photovoltaic cells.[3]
See also
External links
- OSCAR 44 informations in German
- PCSat - ARPS
References
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- Sicral 1, Skynet 4F
- STS-98 (Destiny)
- Odin
- Progress M-44
- USA-157
- STS-102 (Leonardo MPLM)
- Eurobird 1, BSAT-2a
- XM-2
- Ekran-M No.18L
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- GSAT-1
- STS-100 (Raffaello MPLM)
- Soyuz TM-32
- XM-1
- PAS-10
- USA-158
- Progress M1-6
- Kosmos 2377
- Kosmos 2378
- Intelsat 901
- Astra 2C
- ICO F2
- MAP
- USA-159
- Genesis
- STS-105 (Leonardo MPLM, Simplesat)
- Progress M-45
- Kosmos 2379
- VEP-2, LRE
- Intelsat 902
- USA-160
- Progress M-SO1 (Pirs)
- OrbView-4, QuickTOMS, SBD, Odyssey
- Atlantic Bird 2
- Starshine 3, PICOSat, PCSat, SAPPHIRE
- USA-161
- Globus No.14L
- USA-162
- QuickBird-2
- Soyuz TM-33
- TES, PROBA, BIRD
- Molniya-3 No.64
- Progress M1-7 (Kolibri 2000)
- DirecTV-4S
- Kosmos 2380, Kosmos 2381, Kosmos 2382
- STS-108 (Raffaello MPLM, Starshine 2
- Jason-1, TIMED
- Meteor-3M #1, Kompass, Badr-B, Maroc-Tubsat, Reflektor
- Kosmos 2383
- Kosmos 2384, Kosmos 2385, Kosmos 2386, Gonets-D1 No.10, Gonets-D1 No.11, Gonets-D1 No.12
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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