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RADIO, THIS SPACECRAFT WILL CARRY TWO EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS.  THIS FLIGHT
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FOX 1C, WHICH AMSAT ITSELF WILL FUND.  FOX 1C CARRIES
THREE STUDENT EXPERIMENTS, TWO OF WHICH WILL INITIALLY FLY ON FOX 1A.  THE
THIRD IS A CAMERA PROVIDED BY VIRGINIA TECH FOR TAKING PICTURES IN ORBIT
AND DOWNLINKING THEM VIA AN ONBOARD 9600 BPS MODULATOR.  FOX 1C AND THOSE
FOLLOWING IT WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING MPPT CIRCUIT DERIVED
FROM THE DESIGN INITIALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE FOX CUBESATS BY STUDENTS FROM
THE ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WHO JOINED THE FOX TEAM FOLLOWING
THEIR GRADUATION.  THE MPPT IS USED TO OPTIMIZE THE RECHARGING OF THE
SATELLITES BATTERY PACK AND ENHANCE ITS LONGEVITY.  RADFXSAT REFERRED TO
INTERNALLY AT AMSATNA AS FOX 1B IS BEING DEVELOPED BY VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AMSAT NA AND HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED FOR AN ELANA
LAUNCH, PROBABLY IN MID 2016.  FOX 1D WILL BE A BACKUP FOR FOX 1C IF
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