 Pansat-OSCAR 34
(PAN SAT )
Spacecraft Summary
| OSCAR Designation: |
Pansat-OSCAR 34 |
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Oscar Number: |
PO-34 |
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| International Designator: |
1998-064B |
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Norad Number: |
25520 |
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| Common Name: |
PAN SAT |
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Satellite Type: |
Microsatellite |
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| Launch Date: |
29 October, 1998 |
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Launch Location: |
Kennedy Space Center |
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| Launch Vehicle: |
STS-95 (Discovery) |
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Apogee: |
520.00 |
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| Perigee: |
512.00 |
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Inclination: |
28.46 |
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| Period: |
94.95 |
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Dimensions: |
48 cm sphere |
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| Weight: |
0.000 Kg |
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| | | | Organization: | Naval Posgraduate School, Monterey |
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Frequency Information
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| Mode U Packet: Non-Operational |
| Simplex: |
436.5000 MHz DSSS 9600 BPS |
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Current Keplerian Elements
PO-34
1 25520U 98064B 09324.20165780 .00000488 00000-0 14133-4 0 3718
2 25520 28.4615 290.0651 0005519 205.7001 154.3335 15.17409593612377
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Detailed Description
Launched October 30, 1998. PANSAT is a microsatellite design that will provide an amateur radio store-and-forward message system. Designed and built at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. This amateur satellite was unique among the PACSAT style satellites in that it employed direct sequence spread-spectrum communications.
The spacecraft itself provided store-and-forward (packet radio) digital communications using direct sequence spread spectrum modulation. PANSAT operated in the amateur radio 70 cm band with center frequency at 436.5 MHz, a bit rate of 9842 bits per second and 9 MB of message storage.
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Reference Documents:
- Payne, Robert Andrew Jr., "Applications of the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT)", Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Sep. 1992.
- Huneke, Stephen P., "The Design of a Digital Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Demodula tor for the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite (PANSAT)", Master's Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Dec. 1994.
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