SB SPACE @ ARL $ARLS015
ARLS015 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched Successfully, Designated AO-91

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Space Bulletin 015  ARLS015
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  November 20, 2017
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS015
ARLS015 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched Successfully, Designated AO-91

The latest CubeSat in the Fox series - RadFxSat (Fox-1B) - launched November 18
from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  The Delta II vehicle lifted off
at 0948 UTC.

"Following a picture-perfect launch, RadFxSat was deployed at 1109 UTC," AMSAT
reported. "Then the wait began. At 1212 UTC, the AMSAT Engineering team,
watching ZR6AIC's WebSDR waterfall, saw the
characteristic 'Fox Tail' of the Fox-1 series FM transmitter, confirming that
the satellite was alive and transmitting over South Africa. Shortly after 1234
UTC, the first telemetry was received and uploaded to AMSAT servers by Maurizio
Balducci, IV3RYQ, in Italy. Initial telemetry confirmed that the satellite was
healthy."

In the wake of the successful launch, deployment, and reception, OSCAR Number
Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO, designated the new satellite as AMSAT-OSCAR 91
(AO-91).

AMSAT Engineering reminds stations that the satellite will not be available for
general use until the on-orbit checkouts are complete. AMSAT asks listeners to
submit telemetry from RadFxSat (Fox-1B) to assist the Engineering team in
completing the commissioning process. Experiment telemetry is downlinked via
the DUV sub-audible telemetry stream, which can be decoded using FoxTelem
software, available online at,
https://www.amsat.org/foxtelem-software-for-windows-mac-linux/ .

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