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Fox-1A
American amateur radio satellite. Fox-1A was launched on October 8, 2015 aboard a Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-058DNORAD 40967United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- AMSAT AO-85
- Common name
- Fox-1A
- Payload designation
- Fox-1A
- International designator
- 2015-058D
- NORAD catalog number
- 40967
- GCAT identifier
- S40967
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/796
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications, Technology
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- AMSAT-NA
- Owner
- AMSAT-NA
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- AMSAT North America (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp)
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 1U
Launch
- Date
- October 8, 2015 · 12:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-058Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 401
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 496 km
- Apogee
- 802 km
- Inclination
- 64.78°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1 kg
- Dry mass
- 1 kg
- Length
- 0.1 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.1 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21405967 (CC0).