AMSAT's focus on STEM education and development of a cubesat
platform capable of flying a science mission with a reliable
communications link resulted in our previous selection of Fox-1 in the third round and RadFxSat
(Fox-1B) in the recent fourth round
of NASA's Cubesat Launch Initiative. Actual launch vehicle
selections are dependent on the availability of auxiliary payload space
and on what orbits are required.
AMSAT VP Engineering Tony Monteiro reports that he has been in
conversation with NASA about our orbital preferences/priorities
and we're awaiting a response from NASA as to a specific launch
selection. In the meantime, the engineering team expects to complete
Fox-1 in 2013 and have RadFxSat ready in the 2nd half of 2014 in
order to take advantage of launch opportunities that may be
offered by NASA.
Fox-1 and the RadFxSat missions are based on similar system architecture.
Read more at Southgate Amateur Radio News
(Source: ANS via Sourthgate Amateur Radio News)
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