Fox-1E, AO-109 or AMSAT OSCAR 109 was an American amateur radio satellite. It was a 1U Cubesat built by the AMSAT-NA and carried a 30KHz linear transponder radio. Fox-1E was the fifth amateur radio satellite of the Fox series of AMSAT North America.
Mission The satellite was launched on 17 January 2021, with a LauncherOne rocket. This carrier rocket was launched by the "Cosmic Girl", a converted Boeing 747, from the Mojave Air and Space Port, California, United States, and to an altitude of approx. . The flight was carried out on behalf of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program and put 10 satellites into orbit as part of the Rideshare ELaNa 20 mission.
While in orbit the telemetry beacon was unable to be received, but the transponder remained partially in operation with reduced signal strength for the duration of the satellite's mission. Despite this, work on commissioning the telemetry beacon and checking the transponder continued with the aim of opening the satellite for general use; but the telemetry beacon never successfully recovered.
The satellite was opened for amateur use on 20 July 2021. It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on 24 April 2024 at midnight.
Frequencies 435.750 MHz downlink FM 145.860 MHz - 145.890 MHz uplink LSB 435.760 MHz - 435.790 MHz downlink USB
See also
OSCAR
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