XY S1 [China Space Flight]
XY S1 (Xingyun Shiyan 1) is a 2.79 kg 2U CubeSat built by the Northwestern Polytechnical University to test L-band narrow-band communications for the planned Xingyun-2 satellite constellation.
The satellite was launched as a secondary payload on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | Xingyun Satellite Co. |
Contractors: | Northwestern Polytechnical University |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | CubeSat (2U) |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 2.79 kg |
Orbit: | 656 km SSO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Xingyun S1 (XY S1) | 2017-002A | 09.01.2017 | Jq LP-43/95B | Kuaizhou-1A | with Jilin-1 Shipin-03, Kaidun 1 |