{"id":235365,"date":"2015-10-09T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=26961"},"modified":"2015-10-09T10:38:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T14:38:21","slug":"ao-85-oscar-number-assigned-for-fox-1a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=235365","title":{"rendered":"AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tony<\/a><\/p>\n

Tony Monteiro AA2TX and Fox-1 model<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Willian (Bill) Tynan, W3XO<\/strong>, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has issued the following release:<\/p>\n

I have been informed of the successful launch today, October 8, 2015 of the AMSAT-NA-built Fox-1A CubeSat. I am also informed that the satellite has been heard by several amateurs in various countries.<\/p>\n

This successful launch comes after years of diligent and dedicated work on the part of AMSAT-NA volunteers including Tony Monteiro, AA2TX<\/strong>, who became a silent key in March, 2014.\u00a0 It was Tony who spearheaded and guided the work on all AMSAT-NA CubeSats until his untimely passing. Thus, it is only fitting that this spacecraft be dedicated to his memory.<\/p>\n

Following Tony\u2019s death, the work of completing and preparing for launch fell to Jerry Buxton, W0JY<\/strong>, who took over Tony\u2019s post of AMSAT-NA\u2019s Vice President for Engineering and saw to Fox-1A\u2019s successful completion and its preparation for launch.<\/p>\n

All of those who had a part in designing, constructing and testing Fox-1A and its various subsystems are to be congratulated for jobs well done.<\/p>\n

\"Fox-1A<\/a><\/p>\n

Fox-1A Flight Unit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Since Fox-1A was properly coordinated through IARU as an Amateur Radio satellite, has been successfully launched and its signals have been received; I, under the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, do hereby issue to Fox-1A the designation AMSAT-OSCAR-85<\/strong>, or AO-85<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

May AO-85 serve the radio amateurs of world for many years to come.<\/p>\n

[Thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information]<\/p>\n

Fox-1A Launched http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2015\/10\/07\/fox-1a-launch\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Jerry Buxton, N0JY talking about Fox-1A on NASA TV
\nhttp:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2015\/10\/07\/radio-amateurs-on-nasa-tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Willian (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has issued the following release: I have been informed of the successful launch today, October 8, 2015 of the AMSAT-NA-built Fox-1A CubeSat. I am also informed that the satellite has been heard … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=235365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}