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AO-85 Commissioned and Turned Over to AMSAT-NA Operations

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Fox-1A (AO-85) has been formally commissioned and turned over to AMSAT Operations, which now is responsible for the scheduling and modes. Fox-1A is AMSAT-NA’s first CubeSat.

“Many new techniques are incorporated, and lessons will be learned, as with any new ‘product,’” said AMSAT Vice President-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY. “We will incorporate changes from what we learn in each launch, to the...

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