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ARLS001 Fox-1D Satellite Set to Launch this Week, China to Launch Five New
CubeSats

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Space Bulletin 001  ARLS001
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  January 9, 2018
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS001
ARLS001 Fox-1D Satellite Set to Launch this Week, China to Launch Five New
CubeSats

The launch of AMSAT-NA's Fox-1D CubeSat will take place from India on January
12 (UTC). The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) flight had to be
rescheduled from December 30. AMSAT Vice-President Engineering Jerry Buxton,
N0JY, delivered Fox-1D to Spaceflight Inc in Seattle last November for
integration.

In addition to a Fox-1 U/V FM transponder, Fox-1D will carry several university
experiments, including a MEMS gyro from Pennsylvania State University-Erie, a
camera from Virginia Tech, and the University of Iowa's High Energy Radiation
CubeSat Instrument (HERCI) radiation mapping experiment. Fox-1D also carries
the AMSAT "L-Band Downshifter," which gives the option of utilizing a 1.2 GHz
uplink for the FM transponder. The Fox-1D downlink will be on 145.880 MHz, and
uplinks will be on 435.350 and 1,267.350 MHz (67 Hz CTCSS), switchable.

In addition to the Fox-1D Amateur Radio payload, the PSLV will carry the French
PicSat, which carries a V/U FM transponder. PicSat will perform space
observations. The transponder uplink is 145.910 MHz, the downlink is 435.525
MHz. Some 30 smaller secondary payloads from India, the US, and other
international entities will also be on the launch, AMSAT News Service has
reported.

AMSAT said it will release Fox-1D's Keplerian elements on its website as soon
as they are known, and it's seeking telemetry data on the CubeSat to assist
with commissioning.

"Participation in telemetry collection by as many stations in as many parts of
the world as possible is essential as AMSAT Engineering looks for successful
startup and indications of the general health and function of the satellite as
it begins to acclimate to space," AMSAT said over the weekend. AMSAT advised
those capturing telemetry using the FoxTelem software to check the "Upload to
Server" option and to complete the "Ground Station Params" section. If AMSAT
Engineering sees nominal values from the telemetry gathered, Fox-1D will be
commanded from Beacon Mode to Safe Mode on the first good pass over the US.
AMSAT said the on-orbit checkout procedure could be completed in a few days.
AMSAT asks the Amateur Satellite community to refrain from using the
transponder uplink while on-orbit testing is under way.

Meanwhile, AMSAT-UK reports that China will launch Hunan Amateur Radio
Society's constellation of five similar 6U CubeSat spacecraft on January 17
from its Jiuquan Space Center. Identified as TY-2
through TY-6, the satellites will carry out ionospheric transmission-detection
experiments, in addition to Amateur Radio HF/VHF/UHF re-transmitting
experiments in any narrow-band mode.

The constellation will also carry out inter-satellite communication experiments
that include Amateur Radio loads, Li-Fi high-speed LED digital downlink, and CW
lamp signal communication experiments. Downlinks are on 70 centimeters using
9.6 kbps GMSK and on 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz using 5 Mbps OFDM.

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