Jilin 1-07 & 08 (Shipin 07 & 08)

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Spacecraft data:

Description:

• The CALT Chang Zheng 11 rocket made its third flight on Jan 19, placing two more Jilin-1 video satellites in orbit as well as 4 cubesats.
  • Jilin-1 Shipin 07, 08 xing (Jilin-1 Video 7 and 8), imaging sats for Chang Guang Satellite Technology Ltd (CGSTL) in Changchun, Jilin province.
  • Hunan xiangjiang xinqu hao weixing (Hunan Xiangjiang New Area satellite, also Tianyi-2), a 6U cubesat with technology experiments. developed by Tianyi Research Institute in Changsha, Hunan province,
  • Quan Tu Tong 1 (also Tianyi-6), a 6U cubesat for search-and-rescue service experiments built by Changsha-based Tianyi for Beijing-based Quan Tu Tong Co (``Full Map Network Co.'') It&primes carries navigation, comm, imaging, AIS, and amateur radio payloads.
  • KIPP, a 3U cubesat for Kepler Communications of Toronto, to server as a pathfinder for their proposed constellation. The satellite is named in honor of a fictional robot, from the movie ′Interstellar′.
  • Huia′an hao Enlai xing, a 2U cubesat from schoolkids at Huai'an Youth Comprehensive Development Base, Jiangsu province, and named in honour of Zhou Enlai who was from the area. It has a drag brake experiment.
• The satellites were launched to 500 km SSO; as with the previous CZ-11 mission, some objects were also placed in higher apogee 530 x 1070 km orbits; these are probably separation motor covers.

External links:

• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking