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FOX-1A (AO-85)
Amateur Radio Satellite (FM Repeater) · AMSAT
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Fox-1A (AO-85), an AMSAT amateur radio satellite launched in 2015 carrying an FM voice repeater and a small scientific radiation experiment for Vanderbilt University — still widely used today by ham radio operators making satellite contacts with simple handheld radios.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 312–433 mi (502–696 km)
- Inclination
- 64.8°
- One orbit
- 96.5 minutes14.9 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40967
- Int’l designator
- 2015-058D
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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