[amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity

[Paul Stoetzer]

Great news!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:02 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm at comcast.net> wrote:
> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
> ANS-216
>
> In this edition:
>
> * RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity Announcement November 2016
>
>
> SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-216.01
> ANS-216 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
>
> AMSAT News Service Bulletin 216.01
> From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
> August 4, 2015
> To All RADIO AMATEURS
> BID: $ANS-216.01
>
> RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity Announcement November 2016
>
> AMSAT has been notified by Scott Higginbotham, Mission Manager for ELaNa-12
> (Fox-1A launch) and ELaNa-14 (RadFxSat/Fox-1B launch) in NASA's Launch
> Services Program at Kennedy Space Center, "The ELaNa-14 CubeSat complement
> is scheduled to fly along with NOAA's JPSS-1 spacecraft on a Delta II that
> will be launching from VAFB on November 15, 2016. Due to a number of
> CubeSats recently dropping off of the manifest for this flight, a door has
> been opened, and it is my pleasure to inform you that your respective
> CubeSats (RadFXSat, GoldenEagle-1, EagleSat, and MiRaTA) have all been
> officially added to the manifest."
>
> AMSAT will begin working with Tyvak, the CubeSat Dispenser and Dispenser
> Integration Contractor for this flight. Additional news regarding the
> schedule milestones toward meeting launch requirements will be released as
> more information becomes available.
>
> In a message sent to AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY,
> Higginbotham concluded, "Congratulations and welcome aboard!"
>
>        Planned Frequencies for the Fox-1 FM Series Cubesats
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>                       Uplink FM (67 Hz tone)      Downlink FM
>                 ----------------------------    -----------
> Fox-1A            435.180 MHz                   145.980 MHz
> RadFxSat/Fox-1B * 435.250 MHz                   145.960 MHz
> Fox-1C*           435.300 MHz/1267.300 MHz **   145.920 MHz
> Fox-1D*           435.350 MHz/1267.350 MHz **   145.880 MHz
>
> * Pending IARU Coordination, Changes will be announced
> ** Switchable by command station, not operational simultaneously
>
> Download the Fox-1A Operating Guide from the AMSAT Station and
> Operating Hints page: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144
>
> [ANS thanks NASA and Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President Engineering
> for the above information]
>
> /EX
>
>
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