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XW-2A
XW-2A was launched on September 19, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 6 from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Apr 25, 2023).
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- XW-2A
- Payload designation
- CAS-3A
- Other names
- CAS-3A
- International designator
- 2015-049E
- NORAD catalog number
- 40903
- GCAT identifier
- S40903
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Space science
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- XW
- Owner
- CAMSAT
- Country
- China
- Builder
- AMSAT-China (CAMSAT)
- Platform (bus)
- XW2A
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
- 518 km
- Apogee
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 97.46°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- April 25, 2023
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- April 2023
Size
- Mass
- 25 kg
- Dry mass
- 25 kg
- Length
- 0.4 m
- Diameter
- 0.40 m
- Span
- 0.4 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q67174925 (CC0).