[amsat-bb] CAMSAT CAS-4A and CAS-4B launched today

[Paul Stoetzer]

There are four candidate objects in Celestrak's TLE-NEW file
(https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt)

2017-034A
1 42758U 17034A 17166.44020951 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 9996
2 42758 43.0132 296.0634 0006996 337.6257 22.4799 15.08374244 50
2017-034B
1 42759U 17034B 17166.44014948 -.00077158 00000-0 00000+0 0 9995
2 42759 43.0111 296.0584 0007012 333.6014 26.4991 15.08628895 40
2017-034C
1 42760U 17034C 17166.44015010 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 9999
2 42760 43.0156 296.0555 0006945 344.9860 15.1295 15.08497794 52
2017-034D
1 42761U 17034D 17166.44008307 .00000000 00000-0 00000+0 0 9991
2 42761 43.0142 296.0593 0008314 328.2359 31.8502 15.08952386 37

Their North American passes have already occurred for today. KM0MMM,
AA5PK, and others have reported hearing the beacons. A video posted on
Twitter by KM0MMM of his SDR seems to show signals within the
transponder passband as well.

I will be listening on my next pass in Washington DC around 09:00 UTC
tomorrow morning.

73,

Paul, N8HM


On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Scott <scott23192 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there any orbit info relative to other satellites yet?   Like what they
> are roughly near.  I know that's easier for ISS-deployed cubesats than
> launched objects.
>
> Or better yet, even preliminary TLE's for either of these objects?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Scott,  K4KDR
>
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Kung
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 1:54 AM
> To: amsat-bb at AMSAT.Org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] CAMSAT CAS-4A and CAS-4B launched today
>
>
> CAS-4A and CAS-4B Satellites from CAMSAT Launched today
>
>
> Two CAMSAT’s armature radio payloads piggybacked on the optical remote
> sensing micro-satellites OVS-1A and OVS-1B have been launched at 11:00BJT on
> June 15, 2017 at The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center of China, using CZ-4B
> launch vehicle. The primary of this launch is a hard X-ray modulation
> telescope satellite (HXMT).
>
>
> ● Satellite Name:  CAS-4A/OVS-1A
> ● Architecture: Micro-satellite
> ● Dimensions: 494Lx499Wx630H mm
> ● Mass: 55kg
> ● Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface facing
> the earth
> ● Primary Payload: optical Camera with 1.98m resolution
> ● Orbit:
> ● Orbit type :       Sun synchronization orbit
> ● Apogee :         524km
> ● Inclination :       43º
> ● Period :          95.1min
>
>
> ● Amateur Radio Payload:
> ● Call sign: BJ1SK
> ● VHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at +Z
> side
> ● UHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at -Z
> side
> ● CW Telemetry Beacon:                  145.855MHz     17dBm
> ● AX.25 4.8k Baud GMSK Telemetry:         145.835MHz     20dBm
> ● U/V Linear Transponder Downlink:         145.870MHz     20dBm, 20kHz,
> Inverted
> ● U/V Linear Transponder Uplink:           435.220MHz
>
>
>
>
> ● Satellite Name:  CAS-4B/OVS-1B
> ● Architecture: Micro-satellite
> ●Dimensions: 494Lx499Wx630H mm
> ●Mass: 55kg
> ● Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface facing
> the earth
> ● Primary Payload: optical Camera with 1.98m resolution
> ●Orbit:
> ● Orbit type :       Sun synchronization orbit
> ● Apogee :         524km
> ● Inclination :       43º
> ● Period :          95.1min
>
>
> ●Amateur Radio Payload:
> ● Call sign: BJ1SL
> ● VHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at +Z
> side
> ● UHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at -Z
> side
> ● CW Telemetry Beacon:                   145.910MHz   17dBm
> ● AX.25 4.8k Baud GMSK Telemetry:          145.890MHz   20dBm
> ●U/V Linear Transponder Downlink:          145.925MHz    20dBm, 20kHz,
> Inverted
> ●U/V Linear Transponder Uplink:             435.280MHz
>
>
> 73!
> Alan Kung, BA1DU
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