Zhaojin-1 (Tongchuan-1, TY4-02)

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Description:

• Tongchuan No.1 TY4-02 is the first verification test satellite of the “Tiange Plan”. It is an astronomical exploration satellite jointly developed by Tianyi Research Institute and Tsinghua University Astrophysics Center and Tongchuan City of Shaanxi Province. This satellite, as the first verification star of the Tiange plan, will lay the foundation for the development of the subsequent Tiange plan. At the same time, the star is equipped with a new type of high-sensitivity X-ray polarization detector to carry out a new astronomical observation test. In addition, the satellite will also verify the inter-satellite communication technology and conduct a natural-ground link test with the satellite ground station of Shaanxi Xingyi Space Technology Co., Ltd.

Mission details:

• The CZ-2C also deployed a series of cubesats. Four of them were built by the Tiangyi Research Institute (whose marketing brand is SpaceTy):
• TY4-02 is Zhaojin-1, also called Tongchuan-1. It is a 6U cubesat for Tsinghua University with a gamma ray astronomy detector. It will also be used by Tongchuan City to test its commercial ground station (Zhaojin is a suburb of Tongchuan).

External links:

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