Fox Project Status, Updates, and Milestones*
- Fox-1 project defined – July 2011
- Concept of Operations (ConOps) – Sept 2011
- System Requirements Spec (SRS) – Oct 2011
- Experiment Payload Specification – Nov 2011
- NASA ELaNa Proposal Submitted – Nov 2011
- Baseline Project Plan – Jan 2012 – Completed
- Preliminary Design Review (PDR) – March 2012 – Completed April 24, 25, and 26th.
- Prototype IHU delivered and successfully initialized – Jan 2013
- RadFxSat (Fox-1B) accepted into ELaNA program, launch TBD –March 2013
- Fox-1 IHU demonstrated at Dayton — May 2013
- Fox-1 Launch Scheduled (ELaNa XII on NROL-55) – November 2014
(470 km X 780 km @ 64 degrees inclination) - Fox-1A IARU Frequency Coordination Received – June 2013
(Uplink 435.180 MHz FM, Downlink 145.980 MHz FM) - Fox-1B/ RadFxSat IARU Frequency Coordination Received – November 2013
(Uplink 435.160 MHz FM, Downlink 145.960 MHz FM) - Battery Control Board Themal-Vacuum Test – January 2014
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Battery Card Thermal Vacuum Test - NOAA Remote Sensing (Camera) License Received – February 2014
- Launch Date Slipped to mid-2015 Due to Launch Changes
- Engineering Unit undergoing tests – June 2014
- Critical Design Review – Completed 19 August 2014
- Flight Unit build and Test – November 2014
- November 18 2014 – VT camera experiment scrubbed
- Day In The Life (DITL) Test – January 16, 2015
- Vibration and Thermal Bakeout – January 19-23, 2015
- Completion – January 29, 2015
- Mission Readiness Review – February 24, 2015
- Delivery – March 25, 2015
- Launch – October 8, 2015
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Fox-1A Flight Unit
*Those interested in more details may wish to see the papers in the yearly Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium, available from the AMSAT Store. Some of the relevant presentations by members of the AMSAT Engineering Team may be downloaded here.