SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-349 01 ANS Special Bulletin AMSAT China Says XW-1 Has Been Launched

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 349 01

From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD December 15, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-349 01

China's 1st ever amateur radio satelite XW-1 is in space now!

AMSAT China reports it was launched at about around 0230 UTC on December 15, 2009 The beacon was received in Sanya after launch

XW-1 was a secondary payload aboard the CZ-4C rocket from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center into a sun-synchronous orbit about 1200 kilometers high The primary payload of this launch is the Yaogen-8 Remote Sensing Satellite

The preliminary keplerian elements for the satellite are:

XW-1 1 99999U 09349 11987269 00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00006 2 99999 100 4859 046 2958 0001760 147 4703 038 6343 13 15267150000017

The XW-1 communications payload includes a beacon and three cross band transponders operating in FM, linear, and digital modes Here is a Spacecraft Summary:

Common Name: XW-1 Alternate Name: CAS-1 Satellite Type: Microsatellite Launch Date: TBD Launch Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center of China Launch Vehicle: CZ-2C(LM-2C) Rocket Apogee: 1200km Perigee: 1200km Inclination: 105 degrees Period: 109 minutes Local time of descending node: 21:30 Weight: 50kg

Frequency Information

Mode V/U (J) FM Voice Repeater (30 dbm (1 w)): Uplink: 145 8250 MHz FM, PL 67 0 Hz Downlink: 435 6750 MHz FM

Mode V/U (J) Linear Transponder (Inverting) (30 dbm (1 w)): Uplink:145 9250 - 145 9750 MHz SSB/CW Downlink:435 7650 - 435 7150 MHz SSB/CW

Mode V/U (J) PacSat BBS (30 dbm (1 w)): Uplink:145 8250 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS Downlink: 435 6750 MHz AFSK 1200 BPS

Mode Beacon (23 dbm (200mw)): Downlink:435 7900 MHz CW

You can get XW-1 Telemetry Format at http://www amsat org/amsat-new/satellites/documents/XW-1_Telemetry_Format pdf

Details of the XW-1 satellite are available at: http://www camsat cn/index php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56&Itemid=67

[ANS thanks David Chen, BD5RV/4 and Alan Kung, BA1DU for the above information]

/EX

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