LQSAT

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LQSAT is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 40958

Int'l Code: 2015-057A

Perigee: 646.4 km

Apogee: 669.7 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 97.7 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   21217.85524158  .00000001  00000-0  76367-5 0  9990
2 40958  97.7990 272.3556 0016598 256.6598 103.2749 14.73186834313524

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech