Fox-1Cliff

Fox-1Cliff
Mission type	Communications
Operator	AMSAT
COSPAR ID	2018-099N
SATCAT no.	43770
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	1.3 kg (2.9 lb)
Dimensions	10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm (3.9 in × 3.9 in × 3.9 in)
Start of mission
Launch date	3 December 2018, 13:34 UTC
Rocket	Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
Launch site	Vandenberg SLC-4E
Contractor	SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Semi-major axis	6,960 kilometres (4,320 mi)
Eccentricity	0.0013176
Perigee altitude	580.6 kilometres (360.8 mi)
Apogee altitude	599 kilometres (372 mi)
Inclination	97.7217°
Period	96.3 minutes
RAAN	108.0793°
Argument of perigee	289.6601°
Mean motion	14.94902621
Epoch	3 February 2020

Fox-1Cliff , AO-95 or AMSAT OSCAR 95 is an American amateur radio satellite . Fox-1Cliff is a 1U CubeSat built by AMSAT-NA that carries a single-channel transponder for mode U/V in FM . ^[1]

The satellite carries several student experiments: ^[2]

Vanderbilt University Low Energy Proton (LEP) radiation experiment (flight spare from Fox-1A )
Penn State University Erie gyroscope experiment

It also carries a VGA camera provided by Virginia Tech .

Mission [ edit ]

Beacon transmitted by Fox-1Cliff (AO-95) every 2 minutes.

Fox-1Cliff was launched on 3 December, 2018 via Falcon 9 Block 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base , California , United States. ^[3]

Receiver failure [ edit ]

Shortly after deployment, AO-95's receiver suffered a failure due to unknown reasons. ^[4]

Name [ edit ]

The satellite is the third of five Fox-1 satellites, and was originally named Fox-1C . In 2016, it was renamed Fox-1Cliff in honor of Cliff Buttschardt, a long time member of AMSAT and a contributor to the project, who died earlier that year. ^[5] After its launch, Fox-1Cliff was renamed AO-95.

References [ edit ]

^ "IARU Sat Coordinator" . www.amsatuk.me.uk . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .
^ "Fox-1Cliff Ready for Launch" . AMSAT . 30 September 2018.
^ "AMSAT's Fox-1Cliff Amateur Radio CubeSat Launched Successfully" . www.arrl.org . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .
^ "Fox-1Cliff/AO-95 Receiver Suffers Apparent Failure" . www.arrl.org . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .
^ "Fox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95) ? AMSAT" . 14 December 2018 . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .

[1] "IARU Sat Coordinator" . www.amsatuk.me.uk . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .

[2] "Fox-1Cliff Ready for Launch" . AMSAT . 30 September 2018.

[3] "AMSAT's Fox-1Cliff Amateur Radio CubeSat Launched Successfully" . www.arrl.org . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .

[4] "Fox-1Cliff/AO-95 Receiver Suffers Apparent Failure" . www.arrl.org . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .

[5] "Fox-1Cliff Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 95 (AO-95) ? AMSAT" . 14 December 2018 . Retrieved 2018-12-17 .

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