DIWATA 2B (PO-101)

Track DIWATA 2B (PO-101) now!
10-day predictions
DIWATA 2B (PO-101) is classified as:

Amateur radio

NORAD ID: 43678

Int'l Code: 2018-084H

Perigee: 577.9 km

Apogee: 590.0 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 96.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6954 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 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   24342.91364334  .00003477  00000-0  30896-3 0  9997
2 43678  98.0865 146.3964 0008715 170.8325 189.3056 14.96802874332892

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT