Where is the Operational Fox HAM Satellite Located?

[houlahound]

Operational?

Going to try use a handheld to find it this weekend.

 

[berkeman]

Link?

 

[houlahound]

I only heard thru my telnet,, I think this is said project. Hard to search on my phone;

http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1113

 

[houlahound]

I think the launch was provided for free by euro space agency.

 

[berkeman]

I found this at the ARRL website:

http://www.arrl.org/news/fox-1a-is-now-ao-85-transponder-temporarily-active

10/09/2015

In what might have been record speed, AMSAT’s new Fox-1A satellite received its OSCAR designation on the day of its launch, and its FM transponder has been activated temporarily until 0000 UTC on October 10. AMSAT OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO, early today announced that Fox-1A is now AO-85, and the CubeSat has been dedicated to the individual who was at the helm of AMSAT’s CubeSat projects until his death last year. The satellite launched on October 8 at 1249 UTC. Fox-1A was briefly in transponder mode early on October 9 (UTC).

“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,” Tynan said in a news release. “This successful launch comes after years of diligent and dedicated work on the part of AMSAT-NA volunteers including Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, who became a Silent Key in March 2014. 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.”

 

[houlahound]

Nice link

 

[houlahound]

where the satellite is;

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/satloc.php?lang=en&satellite=AO-85