AMSAT has been informed that the launch for the NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) XX mission carrying RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) has been scheduled for December 2017. In addition to RadFxSat-2, the ELaNa XX mission will carry 12 CubeSats constructed both by NASA and several universities around the United States. The mission will be launched by … Read more
Vice President Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY, gave a live “tour” of the RadFxSat CubeSat on August 20 from Fox Labs, describing various aspects of the flight model, construction, and testing. The video playback is available on YouTube.
UPDATE: The preliminary keps listed below are incorrect. Use these for the three cubesats until new keps are released. AAUSAT4 1 00003U 00001A 16116.99330001 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0018 2 00003 98.2172 124.4782 0152400 241.4610 358.4169 15.02516156 00011 From Stefan Dombrowski, ON6TI: OUFTI-1, the first D-STAR repeater in space, is currently on the launchpad in … Read more
On February 18, 2016 NASA announced the selection of RadFxSat-2, the Space Radiation Effects CubeSat, for participation in NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) is another partnership opportunity between Vanderbilt University ISDE and AMSAT, similar to RadFxSat (Fox-1B) which is scheduled to launch in January 2017. Vanderbilt University, with cooperation from AMSAT, submitted the RadFxSat-2 … Read more