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PANSat
Former American amateur radio satellite. PANSat was launched on October 29, 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 4, 2026).
COSPAR 1998-064BNORAD 25520United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PANSAT-Oscar-34
- Common name
- PANSat
- Payload designation
- PANSAT
- Other names
- STP S94-4:PN,PO-34
- International designator
- 1998-064B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25520
- GCAT identifier
- S25520
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/353
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- STP1
- Owner
- USN PGS
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- US Naval Postgraduate School
- Platform (bus)
- PANSAT
Launch
- Date
- October 29, 1998 · 19:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-064Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 541 km
- Apogee
- 566 km
- Inclination
- 28.39°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 4, 2026
- Last known active
- Dec 11, 2002
- End of operations
- Dec 11, 2002
Size
- Mass
- 57 kg
- Dry mass
- 57 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17126829 (CC0).