PCSAT (NO-44)
Launch
Launched on Sep 30, 2001 from Launch Pad 1, United States of America aboard a Athena I.
Athena I | Starshine-OSCAR-43 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 18:19 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
United States Government
Country
United States
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 30, 2001
Mass
—
Apogee
795 km
Perigee
786 km
Inclination
67.05°
Period
1.68 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
OSCAR 44 is an American amateur radio satellite for packet radio. It was built by Bob Bruninga at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for PCSAT (NO-44) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
786 × 795 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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