[amsat-bb] [Bod] Fox-1D Launched, Telemetry Received

[ka3hdo at gmail.com]

You all make it look so easy.  And, from experience, I know that space is
hard.  With a *lot* of behind the scenes hard work to ensure success.

Congratulations on a phenomenal achievement!  The AMSAT Fox team Rocks!!

73,  Frank KA3HDO

-----Original Message-----
From: BOD [mailto:bod-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 12:51 AM
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>; AMSAT BoD <bod at amsat.org>
Subject: [Bod] Fox-1D Launched, Telemetry Received

Fox-1D was successfully launched at 03:59 UTC on the PSLV-C40 mission from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. UA9UIZ received and
uploaded the first telemetry to AMSAT servers at 05:28 UTC.
Initial telemetry values appear nominal.

The first set of post-launch Keplerian elements are reproduced below:

Fox-1D
1 99934U 1801D    18012.18036412  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    15
2 99934  97.6514  74.0671 0008545 308.1824 275.3575 15.22876478    16


73,

Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
Executive Vice President
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)
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