Lingque 1A xing

Launch data: Designation  43942 / 19005A Launch date  21 Jan 2019 - 05:42 UT Launch site  Jiuquan, SLS-E2 Launch vehicle  CZ-11 Mission  Imaging, Earth observation Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  516 x 539 km Eccentricity   Inclination  97.5° Period   min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• Lingque 1A, 1B and 1C are demonstrators for ZeroG Lab′s Magpie remote sensing constellation.
• The Magpie Constellation, which will be composed of 132 6U CubeSats with optical resolution better than 4 metres and eventually 378 satellites to provide revisits over regions every 10 minutes.

Mission details:

• CALT flew the 6th Chang Zheng 11 from Jiuquan on Jan 21, 2019. The main payloads were two Jilin-1 Spectral (Jilin-1 Guanpu 1,2) satellites with hyperspectral imagers. The first was given the name Jilin Lincao 1 and its primary mission is forestry support. The second is Wenchang Chaosuan 1, and is co-sponsored by the Hainan Modern Technology Group and its Wenchang supercomputer project. Also aboard were two 6U cubesats, XX-1-03 (also called Qingteng Zhi Xing) and Lingque 1A. Xiaoxiang-1-03 is a joint mission between Tianyi Research and the online Qingteng University business school.
• Lingque 1A (Lingque yi hao A xing) from Beijing ZeroG Lab Ltd. specializes in onboard detection of moving ground targets.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking