andy thomas wrote:

I know Yaogan-7 is supposed be an earth observation satellite but there is more than one way to skin a cat - remember the RS- series of satellites piggybacking on a common power supply bus - and the fact that the HF commemmorative station is suddenly activated may well mean something. If you go to celestrak and look at the last 30 days' launches you will see that there are a number of items identified as rocket debris with a 97 degree inclination obviosuly part of the launch sequence for Yaogan-7's 98 degree inclination. So she might well be up there.

73 de andy g0sfj

Wrong rocket and wrong launch site. This came direct from the project managers just last month:

Spacecraft Summary Common Name: XW-1 Alternate Name: CAS-1 Satellite Type: Microsatellite Launch Date: TBD Launch Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center of China Launch Vehicle: CZ-2C(LM-2C) Rocket Apogee: 1200.00 Perigee: 1200.00 Inclination: 100.50 Period: 109.00 Dimensions: 680mm*480mm (Envelope dimension), not include antennas Weight: 60.000 Kg

Organization: CAMSAT

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Frequency Information

Mode Beacon(23dBm): Downlink 435.7900 MHz CW

Mode FM Voice Repeater(30dBm, PL: 67Hz): Uplink: 145.8250 MHz FM Downlink 435.6750 MHz FM

Mode Linear Transponder (30dBm, Inverting) : Uplink: 145.950 MHz SSB/CW Downlink 435.740 MHz SSB/CW

Mode PacSat BBS(30dBm): Uplink: 145.8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlink 435.6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS

Antennas: 145Mhz RX Antenna: 2.0dBi max, LHCP 435Mhz TX Antenna: 3.0dBi max, RHCP