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LQSat Launched
Posted: 07 Oct 2015 03:27 AM PDT
http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/07/lqsat-launched/
A CZ-2D rocket launch
LQSat was launched into aÂ*656 km sun synchronous orbit at 0413 UT on
Wednesday, October 7 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in
Inner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket.
The satellite was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun
Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an
amateur radio payload.
LQSat is technology demonstrator measuring 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg
and carries a 2 m resolution camera as the main payload.
The IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are
• 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps MSK
CSP packet data
• 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK
Launch report
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/...long-march-2d/