Pcsat 2

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General

Designation	n/a
Launch date	3 Aug 2005
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Perigee/Apogee
Inclination
Period
Launch vehicle	n/a Installed outside of ISS

PCSAT 2 is part of the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) using a Passive Experiment Container (PEC) to fly space environment samples to space and back. It has flown four times including a year on MIR as MEEP. It was attached to the exterior of the ISS during an EVA to expose its samples to space.

These samples are high-tech solar cells, provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, on the side of MISSE that faces the sun. On the back side, the U.S. Naval Academy has provided an Amateur Satellite Communications system similar to what it is flying on PCsat.

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External resources

http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat2.html

Technical data

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- PSK-31 multi-user transponder
- FM voice repeater
- AX.25 packet system for use as a UI digipeater and for telemetry, command & control. Frequencies: 437.975 MHz (1200 and 9600 baud telemetry)

Uplink: 145.825 MHz
Downlink: 435 MHz band

Lifetime: 1 year (because it is part of a sample-return mission)

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