2015-10-07

AMSAT-UK

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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/

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