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]

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