The transponder has an uplink on 2.4GHz and a downlink on 100GHz and was a joint project between the Qatar Satellite Company, Qatar ARS and AMSAT (Deutschland). It is on board the Es-hail-2 satellite which was launched in 2018. The satellite is in geo-stationary orbit above the equator at 26 degrees East.
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Zaporizhzhia is in southeast Ukraine located on the banks of the Dnieper River before the war is was a major industrial centre.
Dimitry gave his QRA locator as KN77OU.