CAMSAT CAS-6 satellite will be launched soon
CAMST’s amateur radio payload CAS-6 piggybacked on a technology test satellite TIANQIN-1 will be launched at 3:21 UTC on December 20, 2019 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center of China using a CZ-4B launch vehicle
The primary payload of this launch is China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite CBERS-4A.
Satellite Name: CAS-6/TIANQIN-1
Orbit:
• Orbit type : SSO
• Apogee : 629km
• Inclination : 97.89˚
• Period : 97min
Satellite Architecture: Micro-satellite
• Mass: 35kg
• Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface facing the earth
Amateur Radio Payload:
• Call sign: BJ1SO
• VHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at +Z side
• UHF Antenna: one 1/4λ monopole antenna with max.0dBi gain is located at -Z side
• CW Telemetry Beacon: 145.910 MHz 17dBm
• AX.25 4.8k Baud GMSK Telemetry: 145.890 MHz 20dBm
• U/V Linear Transponder Downlink: 145.925 MHz 20dBm, 20 kHz bandwidth, Inverted
• U/V Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.280 MHz
CAS-6 Satellites Digital Telemetry Description
https://ukamsat.files.
wordpress.com/2019/12/cas-6-satellites-digital-telemetry-description.pdf
CAS-6 CW Telemetry Encoding Format
https://ukamsat.files.
wordpress.com/2019/12/cas-6-cw-telemetry-encoding-format.pdf
CAMSAT News Release for CAS-6 Satellite
https://ukamsat.files.
wordpress.com/2019/12/camsat-news-release-for-cas-6-satellie.pdf
