DIWATA 2B (PO-101)

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DIWATA 2B (PO-101) is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 43678

Int'l Code: 2018-084H

Perigee: 593.6 km

Apogee: 606.5 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 96.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6971 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: October 29, 2018
Source: Philippines (Republic of the Philippines) (RP)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

Uplink (MHz): 437.500
Downlink (MHz): 145.900
Beacon (MHz): 145.900
Mode: FM_tone 141.3Hz APRS CW
Call sign: D1W2PH
Status: Active

DIWATA 2B (PO-101) is a 123-pound (56-kilogram) satellite built in the Philippines by PHL Microsat, a consortium of students and engineers founded in a collaboration between the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Japan’s Hokkaido University and Tohoku University. Diwata 2B carries optical cameras and an Earth-imaging telescope, plus an amateur radio payload.

1 43678U 18084H   20050.80532612 -.00000290  00000-0 -23151-4 0  9992
2 43678  97.8688 169.3336 0009248 202.9189 157.1631 14.91602442 71332

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC