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LilacSat 2
Amateur radio satellite. LilacSat 2 was launched on September 19, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 6 from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-049KNORAD 40908China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zidingxiang-2
- Common name
- LilacSat 2
- Payload designation
- LilacSat-2 (CAS-3H)
- Other names
- CAS-3H
- International designator
- 2015-049K
- NORAD catalog number
- 40908
- GCAT identifier
- S40908
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Harbin
- Owner
- Harbin
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Harbin Institute of Technology
- Platform (bus)
- CAS-3H
Launch
- Date
- September 19, 2015 · 23:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-049Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 6
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC16
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 520 km
- Apogee
- 541 km
- Inclination
- 97.47°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 11 kg
- Dry mass
- 11 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q67174944 (CC0).