Amateur | Petite

: To demonstrate low-cost, spread-spectrum digital communications for "store-and-forward" messaging. Technical Specifications

: It utilized a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications system operating in the amateur radio frequency bands. petite amateur

: It relied on industrial-grade, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) nickel-cadmium batteries. Outcomes and Legacy An Overview of the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite ... - DTIC : To demonstrate low-cost

: The satellite's autonomous operations were managed by a digital computer using an Intel 80C186XL processor, featuring 512 KB of error-detection and correction (EDAC) RAM and 64 KB of ROM. petite amateur

: PANSAT was a small, tumbling satellite designed to be a "payload of opportunity".

: PANSAT was launched on October 29, 1998 , aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-95 mission.