Satellite | Fox-1D (AO-92 or AMSAT OSCAR 92) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 1U |
Status | Reentry 2024-02-07. Was operational (Last SatNOGS report with data 2023-06-08 checked on 2023-06-09) |
Launched | 2018-01-12 |
NORAD ID | 43137 |
Deployer | QuadPack (XL) [ISISpace] |
Launcher | PSLV |
Organisation | The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) |
Institution | Company |
Entity type | Commercial |
Country | US |
Launch brokerer | Spaceflight |
Oneliner |
Demonstrate high energy radiation instrument and amateur radio payload. |
Description |
High energy radiation instrument “HERCI” developed by the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy, a Virginia Tech camera experiment, and a Pennsylvania State-Erie MEMS gyro experiment. Fox-1D will also serve as a communications relay for amateurs worldwide via the onboard FM repeater system. |
Sources | [1] [2] |
Photo sources | [1] [2] |
On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2024-05-29