Introduction RadFxSat (Fox-1B) is scheduled for launch on November 18, 2017. RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 mission. JPSS-1 will launch on a Delta II from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. RadFxSat is a partnership with Vanderbilt … Read more
Only three weeks remain until the next AMSAT Fox-1 satellite launches! RadFxSat (Fox-1B) is scheduled for launch at 01:47 PST (09:47 UTC) on November 10, 2017. RadFxSat is one of four CubeSats making up the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 mission. JPSS-1 will launch on … Read more
July/August 2017 Barry Baines, WD4ASW, President Summer is now upon us and, for many, the focus is on summer vacations and family outings. For many not-for-profits, this is a relatively slow time of year, and this also is reflected within AMSAT’s activities as well. While our Engineering Team remains quite busy preparing for upcoming launches, … Read more
May/June 2017 Barry Baines, WD4ASW, President Greetings from New England! As I write this column on Memorial Day, the temperature is 50 degrees, overcast, and everyone around here is wondering if/when spring will arrive. This has been a cold and wet time in New England. Hamvention That said, proof that there is indeed a spring … Read more