Det är nya satelliter på gång med amatörradiotranspondrar. Följande läser vi på AMSAT-UKs hemsida:
Alan Kung BA1DU has posted launch information for the XW-2 (CAS-3) satellites on the AMSAT Bulletin Board.
Launch time: UTC 23:00:00 on 2015-09-18
The satellites will separate from rocket at UTC 23:15:14 on 2015-09-18
The satellites will be launched on Beijing’s new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
It is understood the CZ-6 is carrying at least nine satellites with payloads operating in amateur bands. They include six satellites (designated XW-2A to XW-2F) with 435/145 MHz linear transponders for SSB/CW communications, and one satellite with an FM voice transponder. The frequencies to be used by the satellites are here.
XW-2A should operate in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 450 km, with the other satellites at an altitude of about 530 km.
Predicted Two-Line Element (TLE) for tracking:
XW-2
1 99999U 15261.96885740 .00004980 00000-0 28369-3 0 00000
2 99999 097.4712 269.8396 0010382 266.0521 270.6645 15.12847582000010
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