{"id":1989,"date":"2015-10-10T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T16:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2016-04-24T13:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T17:54:56","slug":"fox-1a-ao-85-launch-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1989","title":{"rendered":"Fox-1A (AO-85) Launch Successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1990 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"AMSATALTLOGO\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO-409x300.jpg 409w, https:\/\/w1sye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSATALTLOGO.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\">AMSAT launched their first CubeSat, <b>Fox-1A, Amateur Oscar 85 (AO-85)<\/b>\u00a0on October 8th. \u00a0Telemetry has already been received, and the satellite is currently in the commissioning stage which may take a few days or a couple of weeks, prior to being turned over to full-time amateur use.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\">This is a mode U\/V FM satellite, that should be reachable using a dual-band HT with a hand-held crossed beam like an Arrow 146\/437-10BP:<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\">http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=H0-010582<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><b>Here is a copy of the Fox1A Operating Guide:<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><b><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/<wbr \/>2015\/05\/FoxOperatingGuide_<wbr \/>May2015_Hi.pdf<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><b>Here is a copy of the latest AMSAT Journal:<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/AMSAT_Journal_Fox_Launch_Special_Issue.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/<wbr \/>wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/<wbr \/>2015\/10\/AMSAT_Journal_Fox_<wbr \/>Launch_Special_Issue.pdf<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><b>Here is a link to the telemetry decoding software:<\/b><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/?page_id=4532\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/?page_id=<wbr \/>4532<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSAT launched their first CubeSat, Fox-1A, Amateur Oscar 85 (AO-85)\u00a0on October 8th. \u00a0Telemetry has already been received, and the satellite is currently in the commissioning stage which may take a few days or a couple of weeks, prior to being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/?p=1989\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1sye.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}