LONGJIANG 1

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LONGJIANG 1 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 43471

Int'l Code: 2018-045B

Perigee: 402.0 km

Apogee: 383,116.8 km

Inclination: 27.5 °

Period: 14,628.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 198130 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 20, 2018
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 435.425/2222.810
Beacon (MHz): 436.425
Mode: 500/250bps GMSK JT4G
Call sign: BJ1SM
Status: Inactive

LONGJIANG 1 and LONGJIANG 2 spacecrafts, also known by the acronym DSLWP, were programmed to loop into orbit around the moon as Queqiao flew by en route to its operating station beyond the moon. The twin LONGJIANG spacecraft are designed to fly in formation to validate technologies for low-frequency radio astronomy observations, similar to the objectives of the Dutch experiment aboard the Queqiao relay craft. The microsatellites also carry optical cameras from Saudi Arabia, another example of the Chinese space program’s expanding portfolio of international partnerships.

1 43471U 18045B   18140.97000001 -.00010094 +00000-0 +00000-0 0  9993
2 43471 027.5020 209.5210 9658153 171.2240 002.0960 00.09844104000018

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC