Alan, Good luck with the launch. Will the transponders be activated?

Rick Tejera

Saguaro Astronomy Club

www.saguaroastro.org

Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club

www.w7tbc.org

From: Alan Kung <camsat@vip.163.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2022 16:01
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [AMSAT-BB] CAMSAT CAS-5A amateur radio satellite will be launched at UTC 06:35:02 on Dec. 9

Hello,

The CAMSAT CAS-5A amateur radio satellite will be piggybacked on the Smart Dragon-3 Y1 launch vehicle and launched from the sea launch platform in the Yellow Sea at UTC 06:35:02 on December 9.

CAS-5A deployment orbital elements:

Flight Time                                                                   724.670s

Semi-major axis                                                               6926.918      Km

eccentricity                                                                  8.143e-04

Orbital inclination                                                             97.524°

Pergee height (relative to equatorial radius)             543.140km

Apogee altitude (relative to equatorial radius)               554.422km

Longitude of the ascending node                                     298.491°

Perigee angle (for reference only)                                  188.413°

True near point angle (for reference only)               344.096°

Flat near point angle (for reference only)                 344.121°

Orbital period                                                              5737.479            s

Absolute speed                                                               7591.699       m/s

Absolute speed local inclination                                 -1.278e-02°

Geodetic longitude                                                          119.477°

Geographic latitude                                                         7.475°

voyage                                                                    3336.983    km

The user's manual of CAS-5A satellite will be available later.

CAMSAT is looking for the CW beacon and telemetry monitoring.

73!

Alan Kung, BA1DU

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