ITF-2 is now Tsukuba-OSCAR 89 or TO-89 per Bill Tynan, W3XO, OSCAR Number
Administrator.
CAS-4A/OVS-1A and CAS-4B/OVS-1B where launched today (06-15-2017) at 03:00
GMT from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center of China using a CZ-4B launch
vehicle. See amsat-bb email below from Alan Kung, BA1DU. Nico Janssen,
PA0DLO notes that these two new satellites are two of the four NORAD ID CAT
42578-42761. For now the 06-15-2017 AMSAT-NA KEP Distribution list them as
follows:
Name NORAD CAT ID
Object A 42758
Object B 42759
Object C 42760
Object D 42761
More later as these objects separate and are identified.
> -----Original Message----- From: Alan Kung
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 1:54 AM
> To: amsat-bb(a)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 1/4? monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located
> at +Z side
> ? UHF Antenna: one 1/4? 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 1/4? monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located
> at +Z side
> ? UHF Antenna: one 1/4? 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
> _______________________________________________