Communications
CAS-2T & KS-1Q
Chinese Technology Demonstrator + Amateur Radio · Chinese Academy of Sciences / CAMSAT
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CAS-2T & KS-1Q, a combined Chinese Academy of Sciences technology and amateur radio satellite launched in 2015, carrying both an FM voice repeater used by ham radio operators worldwide and a technology demonstration payload testing new small-satellite systems.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 313–615 mi (504–989 km)
- Inclination
- 98.4°
- One orbit
- 99.6 minutes14.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 41847
- Int’l designator
- 2016-066G
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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