PSat 2 [USNA]
Official name PSAT 2
Alternative name ParkinsonSat-2
Cospar ID 2019-036R
Norad ID 44354
Launch date 2019-06-25
Launch site AFETR
Launch vehicle Falcon-Heavy (Block 5)
Country/Organization USA
Type application Experimental Communication
Operator US Naval Academy Satellite Lab
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2023-02-15
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 2
Height (m) 0.2
Width (m) 0.1
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 0.2
Contractors US Naval Academy Satellite Lab
Propulsion None
Configuration CubeSat (1.5U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

PSat 2 (ParkinsonSAT) is a student satellite project which is a two way communications transponder for relaying remote telemetry, sensor and user data from remote environmental experiments or other data sources back to experimenters via a global network of internet linked volunteer ground stations. The data transponder also includes all telemetry, command and control for a complete cubesat.

The PSat-2 is a 1.5U CubeSat. The unique features of PSAT-2 are the APRS transponder and the PSK31 transponder, both of which flew on PSAT-1 and the new APRStt (TouchTone)/Voice transponder, for which a prototype flies on the eXCITe (QIKCOM-2) satellite, which lets everyone do APRS using any radio with DTMF keypad, not just those with APRS radios.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
PSAT 2 2019-036R 2019-06-25 AFETR Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) with DSX , FORMOSAT 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, GPIM, OTB 1, NPSat 1, Oculus-ASR, Prox 1, LightSail 2, ARMADILLO, FalconSat 7, E-TBEx A, E-TBEx B, BRICSat 2, Prometheus 2.6, Prometheus Mass Model, TEPCE 1, 2, CP 9 (LEO), StangSat