XW-1

XW-1
Type:	Amateur radio satellite
Country:	People's Republic of China
COSPAR-ID :	2009-072B
Mission dates
Begin:	December 15, 2009, 02:31 UTC
Starting place:	Taiyuan
Launcher:	CZ-4C
Orbit data
Rotation time :	109.4 min
Orbit inclination :	100.2 °
Apogee height :	1211 km
Perigee height :	1200 km

XW-1 ( Chinese 希望 一号 , also Hope-OSCAR 68 ) is the first Chinese amateur radio satellite .

The satellite with the callsign BJ1SA has a 50 kHz wide linear transponder and another converter for FM radio and the packet radio -BBS of the satellite. He was on 15 December 2009 with a missile of the type Long March 4 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in a LEO orbit started.

Its COSPAR designation is 2009-072B.

Web links

• DK3WN: Description XW-1 (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Orbit data according to XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1). N2YO, June 6, 2014, accessed June 6, 2014 .