3 Oct
2008
3 Oct
'08
9:46 a.m.
That's really good news, very nice to see another country sending up satellites. It this going to be a LEO ?
Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Chen, BD5RV" bd5rv@jsdxc.net
I just came back from a ham vention and met Alan, BA1DU there. The 1st Chinese amateur satellite is now going smoothly. This satellite was formerly named CAS-1 and is now XW-1. It takes a beacon and three cross band transponders: FM, linear, and digital.
The satellite is planned to be launched in June 2009 by a CZ-2C rocket in Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North China.