LQSat is a micro-satellite for technology demonstration designed by Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its main payload is a camera with 2 m resolution. The satellite was launched into a 656 km sun synchronous orbit on 07.10.2015, 0413 UTC from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Inner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket.

NASA-Catalog: 40958

Beacon

437.650 MHz, 19k2 GMSK

2.404 MHz, 1 Mbps QPSK

Status

INACTIVE

Orbital Parameter

NORAD                   40958
COSPAR designator       2015-057-A  
Inclination             98.040
RA of A. Node           15.164
Eccentricity            0.0018317
Argument of Perigee     171.492
Revs per day            14.72727619
Period                  1h 37m 46s (97.77 min)
Semi-major axis         7 031 km
Perigee x Apogee        640 x 665 km
BStar (drag term)       0.000082960 1/ER
Mean anomaly            188.660

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LQSat is a micro-satellite with a volume of 40x40x60 cm3 and a mass of about 50 kg. The UHF quadrature feed turnstile antenna and the S-band patch antenna are mounted on +Y surface of the satellite. The satellite uses 3-axis stabilization, with its +Y surface facing the earth. The power system uses 5 Li-ion cells which are recharged by solar power provided by solar cells on each face of the satellite. Attitude determination and control subsystem is done by magnetometer, gyroscope, GPS receiver, sun sensor, star sensor, flywheels and magnetorquers.