Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1A team on their successful launch, orbital deployment, and activation of the Fox-1A satellite. (Now to be known as AO-85.)

AMSAT has produced a free, commemorative issue of the AMSAT Journal highlighting the Fox-1A launch success. This full color PDF issue can be downloaded from our current top news story, "Fox-1A launch 5:49 AM PDT on October 8, 2015" at http://www.amsat.org. A direct link to this news item is http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591

If you aren't already a member of AMSAT this issue of our magazine will give you an inside look at the best ham radio club in the world. You'll read and see the dedicated efforts of the Fox-1A team that got us to October 8. Please consider joining AMSAT to support our series of launches coming in 2016 and beyond.

-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org