Two Chinese amateur CubeSats launched
On Friday, 19 January 2018 two satellites carrying amateur radio payloads were launched.
Both were developed by amateur students in Hunan province, China.
The satellites, QuanTuTong-1 and Xiaoxiang-2, are 6U CubeSats.
They will operate in the 435, 2400, 5650 and 5830MHz amateur-satellite service bands.
5650MHz is used for uplinks and 5830MHz for downlinks.
Currently only the 435MHz band telemetry beacons are known to be activated.
A further three TY satellites using 5GHz are expected to be launched later in the year.
Further details at tinyurl.com/GB2RS-0128A.
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