The launch date for RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has been moved to August 29, 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 … Read more
Update: UBAKUSAT was not launched on the JAXA HTV-6 mission. Reports indicate that it is likely to launch on the next JAXA HTV mission. Recent International Amateur Radio Union satellite coordination requests provide new details on several satellites expected to launch before the end of the first quarter of 2017. The first satellite expected to … Read more
RadFxSat underwent vibration testing for two of the three axes on Monday, October 10 at NTS in Boxborough, MA. The X and Z axis were tested. The Y axis will be tested on Tuesday. Additional video is available of the CubeSat Acceptance Checklist process and the Testpod integration which were both performed on live video Monday … Read more
In a late night session Tuesday, the Short Functional Test was performed on RadFxSat and showed that the CubeSat is functioning well after the shock testing. The test was streamed live on YouTube and the archive is available for viewing, at http://www.YouTube.com/c/n0jy/live. RadFxSat is the first of the four Fox-1 CubeSats built to date … Read more