Shankeda 2 (TW 1A) [SECM]
Official name TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A)
Alternative name Shangkeda-2
Cospar ID 2015-051D
Norad ID 40928
Launch date 2015-09-25
Launch site JSC
Launch vehicle CZ-11
Country/Organization China
Type application Technology
Operator Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM)
RCS size SMALL
Decay date 2022-12-30
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 1.7
Height (m) 0.239
Width (m) 0.114
Depth (m) 0.239
Span (m^2) 0.239
Contractors Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM)
Propulsion Cold gas ?
Configuration CubeSat (2U)
Power Solar cells, batteries

Shankeda 2 is a 2U-CubeSat in the TW 1 (Tianwang) constallation consisting of three CubeSats for space networking experiments.

Three satellites, Shangkeda 2, NJUST 2 and NJFA 1, are part of the constellation, which was developed at the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM) in collaboration with Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), GomSpace from Denmark, Tekever Space from Portugal and NanoSpace from Sweden.

Shankeda 2 was developed and built at the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM).

The three satellites will test inter-satellite communication sessions using the GAMALINK tchnology developed by Tekever.

The three satellites were launched together on the maiden flight of the CZ-11 rocket into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 481 km.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
TIANWANG 1A (TW-1A) 2015-051D 2015-09-25 JSC CZ-11 with Pujiang 1, NJUST 2, NJFA 1