After
multiple delays, China launched a group of nine satellites carrying amateur
radio into orbit on September 19th. All traveled together on a single launch
vehicle.
According to the AMSAT News Service, six of the satellites have inverting
transponders supporting SSB and CW operation, all with uplinks on 70
centimeters and downlinks on 2 meters; one has both APRS (2-meters up/down) and
FM voice (2 meters up, 70 cm. down) repeaters, and two more are downlink-only,
transmitting telemetry on 2 meters and 70 centimeters.
