LQSAT

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LQSAT is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 40958

Int'l Code: 2015-057A

Perigee: 646.5 km

Apogee: 670.4 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 7029 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 7, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.650/2404.035
Beacon (MHz): 437.650
Mode: 4k8 MSK/1Mbps QPSK CW
Call sign:
Status: Inactive

LQSAT is a Chinese satellite designed to collect high-resolution imagery, high-definition video and test new Earth observing technologies. The satellite is about the size of a compact car, and it reportedly has a top resolution of about 0.7 meters, or 2.3 feet, in its black and white imaging mode.

1 40958U 15057A   18296.48089479 +.00000008 +00000-0 +89779-5 0  9992
2 40958 097.9288 006.7228 0016989 287.3129 072.6223 14.73052914163740

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech