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ARISS Video Promotes School Contacts Through ISS and Amateur Radio
December 3, 2025ARISS has released a new video promoting amateur radio on the International Space Station (ISS). Produced by NASA, the video features astronaut Nichole Ayers (KJ5GWI) aboard the ISS explaining how amateur radio plays a part in school contacts with astronauts on the ISS. Ayers explains many of the procedures and technical challenges that amateur radio operators must address during a school contact.
[I]t’s a true privilege for me to be able to inspire the new generation of scientists and engineers through amateur radio. —Astronaut Nichole Ayers (KJ5GWI)
ARISS is asking for donations as part of its Giving Tuesday campaign. Those interested in donating to ARISS can do so here.
Cornell Seeks Assistance Tracking Light Sail LoRa Signal
December 2, 2025The Cornell Alpha CubeSat mission is seeking assistance in receiving telemetry from its light sail ChipSats which will be transmitting telemetry via LoRa transceivers. The light sail is expected to be active for a 48 hour period before reentering earth’s atmosphere. Currently, the CubeSat containing the light sail is expected to deploy from the International Space Station on December 2nd at 3:20 AM Eastern Time. The light sail is expected to deploy from the CubeSat a few days later.
Alpha is a 1U CubeSat developed by students of the Space Systems Design Studio at Cornell University. Among several technology demonstrations onboard, the primary mission objective is to deploy a retroreflective laser sail into low Earth orbit. The light sail fully separates from the CubeSat and becomes its own free-flying spacecraft thanks to gram-scale flight computers, “ChipSats,” mounted to the sail.
The ChipSats will transmit telemetry on 437.4 MHz. Additional details on receiving LoRa signals from the light sail are available here.
Source: Cornell University open_in_new CubeSat Light Sail
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