XW-2A

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XW-2A is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 40903

Int'l Code: 2015-049E

Perigee: 441.9 km

Apogee: 458.8 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 93.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6821 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 19, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Uplink (MHz): 435.030-435.050
Downlink (MHz): 145.685-145.665
Beacon (MHz): 145.640/145.660
Mode: 9k6/19k2 GMSK/CW
Call sign: BJ1SB
Status: Active

XW 2A or CAS 3A (Chinese Amateur Radio satellite 3A) is a Chinese micro-satellite for atmospheric physics experiments and amateur radio missions. The satellite features a 398 mm × 398 mm × 398 mm cubic body with body mounted solar cells and a mass of approximately 25 kg mass. It features a three-axis stabilization system. The amateur communications payload consists of U/V 20 kHz wide transponders with 145 MHz CW beacon and 19k2 GMSK AX25 telemetry downlinks.

1 40903U 15049E   18296.60335490 +.00001513 +00000-0 +38754-4 0  9992
2 40903 097.3723 332.6811 0012421 290.1071 221.9540 15.40975086173574

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech