BRICSat-P

U.S. technology demonstration satellite and an amateur radio satellite for Packet Radio. BRICSat-P was launched on May 20, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 501 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (2024).

COSPAR 2015-025ENORAD 40655United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: BRICSat-P
Other names: NO-83
International designator: 2015-025E
NORAD catalog number: 40655
GCAT identifier: S40655
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/796

Mission

Mission type: Technology
Use: Defense
Program: USNA
Owner: USNA
Country: United States
Builder: US Naval Academy
Platform (bus): Cubesat 1.5U

Launch

Date: May 20, 2015 · 15:05 UTC
Launch record: 2015-025Success
Rocket: Atlas V 501
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC41

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 356 km
Apogee: 700 km
Inclination: 55.01°
Status: Reentered (orbital decay)
Status date: 2024
Last known active: October 2019
End of operations: May 2015

Size

Mass: 2 kg
Dry mass: 2 kg
Length: 0.2 m
Diameter: 0.10 m
Span: 0.2 m

Launched together

OTV-4Technology · AF RCO ParkinsonSATTechnology · USNA GEARRS-2Communications · NearSpaceLaunch LightSail-1Technology · PlanSoc

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20181201 (CC0).