Fw: ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite Transponders Activated - Keps

19 Oct 2017


      Note the ARRL Web Site Message below. Courtesy of ARRL W1AW.
CAS-4A and CAS-4B are conveniently already in the weekly AMSAT-NA TLE 
Distribution.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ARRL Web site" [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:23 AM
Subject: ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite 
Transponders Activated
...
SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS010
ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite
Transponders Activated
ZCZC AS10
QST de W1AW
Space Bulletin 010  ARLS010
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  October 19, 2017
To all radio amateurs
SB SPACE ARL ARLS010
ARLS010 Chinese CAS-4A and CAS-4B Amateur Radio Satellite
Transponders Activated
The Amateur Radio linear (SSB/CW) inverting transponders on the
CAS-4A and CAS-4B satellites were activated on October 18. CAMSAT's
Amateur Radio payloads piggybacked on the optical remote-sensing
micro-satellites OVS-1A (CAS-4A) and OVS-1B (CAS-4B), launched on
June 15.
CAS-4A (call sign BJ1SK) has a CW telemetry beacon on 144.855 MHz,
and 4.8 kB GMSK telemetry on 145.835 MHz. The uplink is 435.220 MHz,
the downlink is 145.870 MHz (20-kHz passband).
CAS-4B (call sign BJ1SL) has a CW telemetry beacon on 145.910 MHz,
and 4.8 kB GMSK telemetry at 145.890 MHz. The uplink is 435.280 MHz,
the downlink is 145.925 MHz (20-kHz passband).
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