andy thomas wrote:
> I know Yaogan-7 is supposed be an earth observation satellite but there is
> more than one way to skin a cat - remember the RS- series of satellites
> piggybacking on a common power supply bus - and the fact that the HF
> commemmorative station is suddenly activated may well mean something. If you
> go to celestrak and look at the last 30 days' launches you will see that
> there are a number of items identified as rocket debris with a 97 degree
> inclination obviosuly part of the launch sequence for Yaogan-7's 98 degree
> inclination. So she might well be up there.
>
> 73 de andy g0sfj
>
Wrong rocket and wrong launch site. This came direct from the project
managers just last month:
Spacecraft Summary
Common Name: XW-1 Alternate Name: CAS-1
Satellite Type: Microsatellite Launch Date: TBD
Launch Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch
Center of China Launch Vehicle: CZ-2C(LM-2C) Rocket
Apogee: 1200.00 Perigee: 1200.00
Inclination: 100.50 Period: 109.00
Dimensions: 680mm*480mm (Envelope dimension), not include antennas
Weight: 60.000 Kg
Organization: CAMSAT
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Frequency Information
Mode Beacon(23dBm):
Downlink 435.7900 MHz CW
Mode FM Voice Repeater(30dBm, PL: 67Hz):
Uplink: 145.8250 MHz FM
Downlink 435.6750 MHz FM
Mode Linear Transponder (30dBm, Inverting) :
Uplink: 145.950 MHz SSB/CW
Downlink 435.740 MHz SSB/CW
Mode PacSat BBS(30dBm):
Uplink: 145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Downlink 435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS
Antennas:
145Mhz RX Antenna: 2.0dBi max, LHCP
435Mhz TX Antenna: 3.0dBi max, RHCP
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