XiWang-2B

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XiWang-2B
CAS-3B
Type: Amateur radio satellite
Country: China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Operator: CAMSAT
COSPAR-ID : 2015-049N
Mission dates
Dimensions: 10 kg
Size: 246 mm × 246 mm × 246 mm cubes
Begin: September 9, 2015, 23:01  UTC
Starting place: Taiyuan Cosmodrome
Launcher: Long March 6
Orbit data
Rotation time : 95.0 minutes
Orbit inclination : 97.5 °
Apogee height 536.1 km
Perigee height 515.1 km

XiWang-2B , or XW-2B for short , also CAS-3B , is a Chinese microsatellite that is used for experiments on the physics of the thermosphere and is an amateur radio satellite . XiWang is Mandarin and means "hope". CAS stands for "Chinese amateur radio satellite". This satellite was developed by the Chinese amateur radio satellite group, CAMSAT.

The XiWang-2B (CAS-3B) satellite is identical to the XiWang-2C (CAS-3C) and XiWang-2D (CAS-3D) satellites .

mission

The satellite was launched on September 19, 2015 on a Long March 6 launcher from the Taiyuan Cosmodrome in China together with 20 other small satellites, including nine other satellites from the CAS 3 series. An orbital lifespan of 9.2 years is expected.

Frequencies

The following frequencies for the satellite with the callsign BJ1SC have been coordinated by the International Amateur Radio Union :

  • 435.090 MHz - 435.110 uplink
  • 145.570 MHz - 145.730 downlink (power 20 dBm)
  • 145.725 MHz CW beacon (22 wpm / power 17 dBm)
  • 145.705 MHz digital telemetry 9k6 / 19k2 GMSK (power 20 dBm)

Individual evidence

  1. Ciprian Sufitchi: XW-2B. August 4, 2019, accessed August 5, 2019 .
  2. Trevor Essex, M5AKA: New XW-2 satellites - linear transponders active. September 20, 2015, accessed August 5, 2019 .
  3. Alan Kung, BA1DU: XW-2 (CAS-3) Satellites Frequency Allocation1XW-2 (CAS-3) Satellites Frequency Allocatio. August 1, 2015, accessed August 5, 2019 .