{"id":330604,"date":"2017-06-15T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=31472"},"modified":"2017-06-15T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:38:46","slug":"cas-4a-and-cas-4b-satellites-from-camsat-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=330604","title":{"rendered":"CAS-4A and CAS-4B Satellites from CAMSAT Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"CAS-4A<\/a><\/p>\n

CAS-4A and CAS-4B launch on CZ-4B<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Two of CAMSAT\u2019s amateur radio payloads piggybacked on the optical remote sensing micro-satellites OVS-1A and OVS-1B were launched at 0300 GMT on Thursday, June 15, 2017 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, on the CZ-4B launch vehicle. The primary payload of this launch is a hard X-ray modulation telescope satellite (HXMT).<\/p>\n

Satellite CAS-4A\/OVS-1A:<\/strong>
\n\u25cf Architecture: Micro-satellite
\n\u25cf Dimensions: 494Lx499Wx630H mm
\n\u25cf Mass: 55 kg
\n\u25cf Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface facing the earth
\n\u25cf Primary Payload: optical Camera with 1.98m resolution<\/p>\n

CAS-4A Orbit:
\n\u25cf Orbit type : Sun synchronization orbit
\n\u25cf Apogee: 524 km
\n\u25cf Inclination: 43\u00b0
\n\u25cf Period: 95.1 minutes<\/p>\n

CAS-4A Amateur Radio Payload:
\n\u25cf Call sign: BJ1SK
\n\u25cf VHF Antenna: one 1\/4\u03bb monopole antenna with max. 0 dBi gain located at +Z side
\n\u25cf UHF Antenna: one 1\/4\u03bb monopole antenna with max. 0 dBi gain located at -Z side
\n\u25cf CW Telemetry Beacon: 145.855 MHz 17 dBm
\n\u25cf AX.25 4.8k Baud GMSK Telemetry: 145.835 MHz 20 dBm
\n\u25cf U\/V Linear Transponder Downlink: 145.870 MHz 20 dBm, 20 kHz bandwidth, Inverted
\n\u25cf U\/V Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.220 MHz<\/p>\n

\"CAS-4<\/a><\/p>\n

CAS-4 Satellite<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Satellite Name: CAS-4B\/OVS-1B:<\/strong>
\n\u25cf Architecture: Micro-satellite
\n\u25cf Dimensions: 494Lx499Wx630H mm
\n\u25cf Mass: 55 kg
\n\u25cf Stabilization: three-axis stabilization system with its +Y surface facing the earth
\n\u25cf Primary Payload: optical Camera with 1.98m resolution<\/p>\n

CAS-4B Orbit:
\n\u25cf Orbit type : Sun synchronization orbit
\n\u25cf Apogee: 524 km
\n\u25cf Inclination: 43\u00b0
\n\u25cf Period: 95.1 minutes<\/p>\n

CAS-4B Amateur Radio Payload:
\n\u25cf Call sign: BJ1SL
\n\u25cf VHF Antenna: one 1\/4\u03bb monopole antenna with max. 0 dBi gain located at +Z side
\n\u25cf UHF Antenna: one 1\/4\u03bb monopole antenna with max. 0 dBi gain located at -Z side
\n\u25cf CW Telemetry Beacon: 145.910 MHz 17 dBm
\n\u25cf AX.25 4.8k Baud GMSK Telemetry: 145.890 MHz 20 dBm
\n\u25cf U\/V Linear Transponder Downlink: 145.925 MHz 20 dBm, 20 kHz bandwidth, Inverted
\n\u25cf U\/V Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.280 MHz<\/p>\n

73!
\nAlan Kung, BA1DU<\/p>\n

CAMSAT Press Release PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CAS-4A<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two of CAMSAT’s amateur radio payloads piggybacked on the optical remote sensing micro-satellites OVS-1A and OVS-1B were launched at 0300 GMT on Thursday, June 15, 2017 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, on the CZ-4B launch vehicle. The primary payload … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330604"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330726,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330604\/revisions\/330726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}