KL-Alpha A & B

Launch data: Designation  KL-Alpha A  KL-Alpha B NORAD-ID  44785  44786 Int. code  19077A  19077B Launch date  17 Nov 2019 - 10:00 UT Launch site  Jiuquan, SLS-E2 Launch vehicle  Kuaizhou-1A (Y7) Mission  Communication Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  1044 x 1058 km  1045 x 1432 km Eccentricity     Inclination   °   ° Period  88.9 min  88.8 min Decay

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The KL-Alpha A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect.

Mission details:

• Demonstrating a quick turnaround launch capability, China launched a light-class, solid-fueled Kuaizhou 1A rocket Sunday, four days after the same type of satellite booster fired into orbit from the same launch pad.
• On Nov 17, 2019 EXPACE launched Kuaizhou-1A no. Y7 with two &isquo;global multimedia′ Ka-band communications satellites, KL-Alpha-A and KL-Alpha-B, built by Shanghai′s IMICAS for an unnamed German company.
• The four-stage Kuaizhou 1A booster delivered two microsatellites into two different orbits, using its restartable kick stage to maneuver to different altitudes for deployment of each payload.

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