AO-85
FOX-1A · amateur radio satellite, NORAD 40967
No recent reportsAO-85 frequencies
No working amateur transmitters are listed for AO-85.
About AO-85
AO-85, built by AMSAT as Fox-1A, was the first of AMSAT's Fox-1 CubeSats. It was launched on 8 October 2015 on an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg as part of NASA's ELaNa XII mission.
It was a U/v FM repeater: its uplink was 435.170 MHz FM with a 67.0 Hz tone and its downlink 145.980 MHz. Its downlink also carried low-speed telemetry under the voice, which the AMSAT FoxTelem software decoded.
AO-85's batteries failed, and AMSAT declared the end of its mission in February 2020. It could be heard again if a battery cell ever opens, but it is not in service.
Status
No recent reports: nobody reported hearing AO-85 on AMSAT in the last 30 days.
From reports filed on AMSAT, last 30 days.
Orbit
| Type | Low Earth orbit |
|---|---|
| Altitude | 493–693 km |
| Inclination | 64.8° |
| Period | 96.5 min |
| TLE epoch | 2026-10-28 09:36 UTC |
Orbital elements: CelesTrak, checked every 3 hours.
Questions about AO-85
- Is AO-85 active?
- No recent reports: nobody reported hearing AO-85 on AMSAT in the last 30 days.
- When does AO-85 pass over my location?
- Open AO-85 on the live map and enter your Maidenhead locator or use GPS: the tracker lists the passes of the next 24 hours with AOS, maximum elevation and LOS, and shifts the frequencies for Doppler.