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NEEDED.  IT WILL ALSO CARRY AN FM TRANSPONDER AND EXPERIMENTS.  THE FOX 1C
AND 1D CUBESATS WILL ALSO CARRY A SINGLE CHANNEL FM L BAND UPLINK THAT WILL
ALLOW L/V OPERATION AS WELL AS U/V OPERATION.  IF FOX 1C GOES WELL, AMSAT
NA WILL LIKELY SUBMIT AN ELANA LAUNCH PROPOSAL JUST FOR FOX 1D.  WHEN
DISCUSSING CUBESATS, 1U, 2U, 3U, ETC.  ARE COMMON TERMS.  1U STANDS FOR 1
UNIT OR ONE CUBESAT, 2U REFERS TO A SINGLE CUBESAT HAVING THE LENGTH OF TWO
CUBESATS AND 3U, A CUBESAT THE LENGTH OF THREE, ETC.  FOR DEPLOYMENT, A
CUBESAT IS PLACED IN A SINGLE EJECTION HOUSING CALLED A DEPLOYER.  AT ONE
END OF THE DEPLOYER IS A SPRING THAT IS DEPRESSED AS THE CUBESAT IS LOADED.
A HINGED DOOR IS CLOSED AT THE OTHER END TO HOLD THE SATELLITE IN PLACE.
ONCE THE ROCKET REACHES THE ALTITUDE FOR ORBIT, THE DOOR IS OPENED AND THE
‰  END OF 20 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ