AO-85 has been formally commissioned and turned over to AMSAT Operations, who are now responsible for the scheduling and modes. The following guidelines are provided for users: Uplink power should be on the order of minimum 200 W EIRP for full quieting at lower antenna elevation angles. Your mileage may vary. With an Arrow, 5 W … Read more
AO-85 (formerly Fox-1A) is the first of AMSAT’s Fox-1 series of 1U cubesats. Launched as part of ELaNa XII on the October 8th, 2015 NROL 55 Atlas 5 launch from Vandenburg, California, AO-85 is in a roughly 65 degree inclination, 518x810km orbit with apogee over the northern hemisphere. AO-85 carries a U/V FM repeater operating … Read more
Launch and Deployment was Successful! PE0SAT, ON4HF, and R2ANF heard signals on the first pass! Video of liftoff Download your free copy of the AMSAT Journal Fox-1A Launch special issue (~2MB PDF) Fox-1A is now AMSAT-OSCAR 85 (AO-85) Keplerian elements: AO-85 1 99992U 15281.53437500 .00015007 00000-0 15580-2 0 00009 2 99992 064.7657 291.6734 0216442 282.3705 … Read more
In response to a breaking opportunity, AMSAT and Spaceflight, Inc. have arranged for Fox-1D to accompany Fox-1Cliff on the maiden flight of the SHERPA system on a SpaceX Falcon 9. As a Fox-1 series, Fox-1D is identical to Fox-1Cliff, but with different frequencies and carrying the University of Iowa HERCI (High Energy Radiation CubeSat Instrument) … Read more