[amsat-bb] China releases cubesat from cargo vessel Tianzhou-1

[andy thomas]

Thanks. There are two stories from April that describe the payload if you cut and paste into Google Translate:
http://esb.sxdaily.com.cn/sxrb/20170421/html/page_15_content_006.htm 

http://ehsb.hsw.cn/shtml/hsb/20170421/640590.shtml
the search string is the satellite name: 丝路一号  .
73 de andy g0sfj
      From: Nico Janssen <hamsat at xs4all.nl>
 To: andy thomas <andythomasmail at yahoo.co.uk>; Amsat <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
 Sent: Thursday, 3 August 2017, 20:59
 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] China releases cubesat from cargo vessel Tianzhou-1
   

This is the 3U Cubesat Silu 1:
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/silkroad-1.htm

73,
Nico PA0DLO

On 03-08-17 13:32, andy thomas via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> ...as reported at: http://www.china.org.cn/china/2017-08/03/content_41338678.htm
> Tianzhou-1 releases satellite in orbit- China.org.cn
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> Tianzhou-1 releases satellite in orbit- China.org.cn
>  By 马玉佳 China's first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 has successfully released a tiny satellite while in orbit.  |  |
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> apparently the cubesat was stored in the Tianzhou mission and released 104 days later.
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> I was wondering if anyone knows of this cubesat? university origin maybe? on our frequencies maybe? at an inclination of 42 degrees it will be very low on the horizon from here in the UK.
> Might be an interesting launch possibility for the future?
> 73 de andy g0sfj
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