ZHUHAI-1 01 (CAS 4A)

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ZHUHAI-1 01 (CAS 4A) is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 42761

Int'l Code: 2017-034D

Perigee: 538.6 km

Apogee: 551.3 km

Inclination: 43.0 °

Period: 95.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6915 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: June 15, 2017
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Uplink (MHz): 435.220
Downlink (MHz): 145.870
Beacon (MHz):
Mode: SSB 20_kHz bandwidth inverted
Call sign:
Status: Active

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 145.835
Beacon (MHz): 145.855
Mode: 4800bps GMSK CW
Call sign: BJ1SK
Status: Active

The ZHUHAI-1 01 satellite is one of the first two members of a commercial constellation of Earth-imaging craft for Zhuhai Orbita Control Engineering Co. Ltd. based in southern China's Guangdong province. The two 121-pound (55-kilogram) satellites will record high-resolution video from orbit, and future spacecraft in the Zhuhai 1 fleet will collect hyperspectral and radar imagery.

1 42761U 17034D   18288.10103161  .00000326  00000-0  33543-4 0  9998
2 42761  43.0186 144.6099 0009235 144.3236 354.5059 15.09470375 73562

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT