AMSAT
has announced that its Fox-1A satellite, originally due to be launched from
California in August, is now slated for liftoff on October 8. It will include
an FM transponder with an uplink on 435.180 MHz and a downlink on 145.890 MHz.
In
addition, NASA has notified AMSAT that its Fox-1B satellite is tentatively
scheduled to be launched in November, 2016. Fox-1B will also carry a 70-cm/2-m
FM transponder.
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| NASA photo |
On
the topic of ham radio in space, the Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS)program has announced that planning is under way to develop a
new amateur station for the ISS Columbus module. According to the AMSAT News
Service, the planned upgrade will include higher power and greater
interoperabitlity with the ham station in the Russian service module.