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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT News Service<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h3><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ANS-313</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">November 9, 2025</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">In this edition:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">* SpaceX Bandwagon-4 Mission Places CEVROSAT-1 in Orbit with Rideshare Payloads<br>
* CatSat to Open Microwave Linear Transponder Access for Amateur Radio Community<br>
* ARISS to Mark 25 Years of ISS With Special Worldwide SSTV Event in November<br>
* Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Adds AMSAT Publications<br>
* AI Fix from Earth Restores James Webb Telescope Clarity, No Astronauts Needed<br>
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for November 7, 2025<br>
* ARISS News<br>
* AMSAT Ambassador Activities<br>
* Satellite Shorts From All Over<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The AMSAT® News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities
of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The news feed on <a href="https://www.amsat.org">
https://www.amsat.org</a> publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor [at]
<a href="http://amsat.org">amsat.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
<a href="https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/">https://mailman.amsat.org/postorius/lists/ans.amsat.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">SpaceX Bandwagon-4 Mission Places CEVROSAT-1 in Orbit with Rideshare Payloads<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission on November 2 at 0509 UTC from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, deploying eighteen satellites into a mid-inclination low Earth orbit. The flight is part of SpaceX’s
dedicated mid-inclination rideshare program, complementing the Transporter series that serves sun-synchronous orbit customers. All spacecraft were successfully released from the Falcon 9 upper stage approximately seventy-five minutes after liftoff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The manifest included CEVROSAT-1, an amateur radio satellite built by CEVRO University in the Czech Republic in partnership with Mendel University in Brno and Brno University of Technology. The 48-kilogram microsatellite
carries a 9k6 G3RUH GFSK digipeater and AX.25 telemetry on 436.025 MHz, coordinated through the IARU. First signals were received shortly after deployment, with amateur operators reporting telemetry and digipeated packets and uploading frames to the SatNOGS
network. The satellite supports student research, hands-on engineering education, and amateur radio experimentation, including an Earth-imaging payload and an optical reflector system for laser technology trials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The largest spacecraft on the mission was a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite for South Korea’s Project 425 defense reconnaissance program. This continues South Korea’s partnership with SpaceX to deploy
a constellation of independent surveillance satellites, following earlier launches on previous Bandwagon missions. The spacecraft is expected to provide high-resolution radar imagery to support national security and intelligence activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CEVROSAT1-Digipeater-Status-Bandwagon4.jpg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="1024" height="579" style="width:10.6666in;height:6.0312in" id="_x0000_i1051" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CEVROSAT1-Digipeater-Status-Bandwagon4-1024x579.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">CEVROSAT-1 is active following launch on Bandwagon-4, with early digipeater reports on 436.025 MHz [Credit:
<a href="https://satnogs.org/">SatNOGS</a>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Commercial Earth-observation company Iceye launched three additional SAR satellites for the Emirati firm Space42, expanding the “Foresight Constellation” for regional surveillance and environmental monitoring. Weather
intelligence provider Tomorrow.io also flew two spacecraft to enhance its global atmospheric sensing network, supporting improved forecasting and climate-modeling applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Commercial space station developer Vast deployed its Haven-Demo spacecraft, a 500-kilogram technology demonstrator designed to validate systems for the upcoming Haven-1 private station. The satellite will test avionics,
communications, propulsion, and power systems in orbit. In addition, Starcloud launched Starcloud-1, a technology demonstration spacecraft billed as the first on-orbit artificial-intelligence compute node, featuring an advanced Nvidia processor intended to
run large language models in space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Bandwagon-4 mission demonstrates the increasing diversity of spacecraft utilizing commercial rideshare launches, spanning defense, scientific, commercial, and amateur radio missions. With CEVROSAT-1 now active
on orbit, radio amateurs are encouraged to monitor 436.025 MHz and submit reception reports as commissioning continues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Read the full article at: <a href="https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-fourth-bandwagon-rideshare-mission/">
https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-fourth-bandwagon-rideshare-mission/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks Jeff Foust, <a href="https://spacenews.com/">
SpaceNews</a>, and the <a href="https://community.libre.space/">Libre Space community</a>, for the above information]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">CatSat to Open Microwave Linear Transponder Access for Amateur Radio Community<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The CatSat team has announced that preparations are underway to open public operation of the spacecraft’s linear transponder, offering the amateur-radio community a new microwave-band satellite resource. CatSat,
a 6U CubeSat developed and flown by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Arizona in partnership with FreeFall Aerospace and Rincon Research, has been on orbit since July 2024 and is now entering the phase of its mission focused on community engagement
and technology demonstration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">CatSat was launched aboard a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. Measuring roughly the size of a family-size cereal box, the spacecraft carries
a suite of experimental payloads, including a novel inflatable antenna capable of enabling large-aperture communications from a small satellite platform. In addition to ionospheric monitoring via high-frequency (HF) radio measurements and imaging of the Earth,
CatSat includes a linear transponder for amateur radio, extending the University of Arizona’s long legacy in space science down to hands-on student involvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The satellite orbits Earth in a nearly sun-synchronous polar orbit, circling the globe approximately every 90 minutes. As part of its student-driven mission, CatSat is demonstrating how cutting-edge antenna systems
and commercial-off-the-shelf radio hardware can support meaningful research and amateur communications from a compact form factor. The mission is funded by the University of Arizona Office of the Vice President for Research and the Arizona Space Institute,
with additional support from industry partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/UofA_CatSat_Spacecraft_Build-scaled.jpg"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="1024" height="771" style="width:10.6666in;height:8.0312in" id="_x0000_i1050" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/UofA_CatSat_Spacecraft_Build-1024x771.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">CatSat team members assemble and inspect the student-built spacecraft ahead of its July 2024 launch. [Credit:
<a href="https://www.arizona.edu/">The University of Arizona</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">When the linear transponder is active, CatSat listens on 5.663 GHz (uplink) and transmits on 10.47 GHz (downlink), providing approximately 200 kHz of bandwidth. Patch antennas on the spacecraft’s −Y face offer roughly
60-degree beam coverage, and the attitude-control system can point the antenna footprint at ground stations for up to 10 minutes per pass. Power considerations limit each activation to about 15 minutes, a balance that allows the spacecraft to support both
mission science and amateur communications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Early on-orbit demonstrations used a 1-meter C-band uplink dish and a 6.1-meter X-band downlink dish to confirm transponder functionality, successfully relaying Morse code. The CatSat team is now constructing a more
accessible ground station using 1-meter-class commercial antennas to show that amateur access is practical with reasonably sized equipment. Operators will be able to monitor schedule updates — informally known as the “five and dime” plan — through the CatSat
mission website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Commissioning passes targeting the CatSat ground stations in Tucson took place on October 29 and November 2, with one final activation scheduled for November 9 at approximately 7:50 PM MST (UTC-7) — just hours after
this bulletin’s publication. As testing continues, dates may shift as the team evaluates performance and power-budget constraints. Operators can follow activation plans and future opportunities at
<a href="https://catsat.arizona.edu">https://catsat.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Read the full announcement at: <a href="https://catsat.arizona.edu/news/catsat-team-preparing-public-linear-transponder-operations">
https://catsat.arizona.edu/news/catsat-team-preparing-public-linear-transponder-operations</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks the <a href="https://catsat.arizona.edu/people">
CatSat Team</a> and the <a href="https://www.arizona.edu/">University of Arizona</a> for the above information]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ARISS to Mark 25 Years of ISS With Special Worldwide SSTV Event in November<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will commemorate the 25th anniversary of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station with a special worldwide Slow-Scan Television (SSTV)
event in mid-November. The ISS has been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000, marking a major milestone in human spaceflight and international cooperation. ARISS, the first educational payload on the station, continues to play a key role in inspiring
students, supporting STEM engagement, and connecting the global amateur radio community with astronauts in orbit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Series 30 SSTV event, titled “ISS at 25 and Scouts!” will feature 12 SSTV images celebrating the station’s 25-year milestone and Scouting. Transmissions are scheduled to begin Wednesday, November 12 around 1730
UTC and continue through Thursday, November 20 (time TBD). Downlink will occur on 145.800 MHz FM using the PD120 mode, following the standard ARISS pattern of approximately two minutes of transmission followed by two minutes off. A planned pause in images
will occur to support an ARISS school contact with Azerbaijan on November 16 at 1450 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Radio amateurs and listeners worldwide are encouraged to participate, as ISS SSTV events are accessible to stations with a broad range of equipment. Many operators successfully receive images using only a handheld
VHF radio and a phone-based decoding app, while more advanced satellite stations can produce particularly clean results. SSTV events continue to be a popular entry point for newcomers interested in amateur space communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="800" height="798" style="width:8.3333in;height:8.3125in" id="_x0000_i1048" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ARISS_ISS25_SSTV_Event_Nov2025-1024x1022.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The next ISS SSTV event celebrating 25 years of the ISS will occur November 12–20, 2025. [Credit:
<a href="https://x.com/ARISS_Intl">ARISS</a>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Participants may upload their best received image to the ARISS SSTV portal at
<a href="https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/">https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/</a> and then request a commemorative event certificate. Submitted images must be single, unedited SSTV frames in GIF, JPG, or PNG format, limited to 800×800 pixels and 800 kB. Once
the image is uploaded, operators will be prompted to request their personalized certificate, and because submissions are only accepted for a short time after the conclusion of the event, prompt participation is encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">In keeping with past ARISS activities, operators may also request a traditional ARISS QSL card to confirm SSTV reception. QSL requests must be mailed to the appropriate regional bureau with a self-addressed stamped
envelope or sufficient return postage. Details and mailing addresses for each world region are available at
<a href="https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html">https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html</a>, and operators should include date, time, frequency, and mode with their report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Additional updates and operating details will be posted on
<a href="http://www.ariss.org">www.ariss.org</a> and ARISS social media channels as the event approaches. AMSAT congratulates ARISS and the ISS program on 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the station and encourages radio amateurs everywhere to join
in this special commemorative SSTV celebration honoring the ISS legacy and the role of amateur radio in space education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks <a href="https://www.ariss.org/">
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)</a> for the above information]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications Adds AMSAT Publications<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications recently added publications provided by AMSAT from 1969-2013 to the Internet Archive. These include the vast majority of issues of the AMSAT Newsletter, AMSAT
Satellite Report, AMSAT's ORBIT magazine, and The AMSAT Journal for that time period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications is a library of materials and collections related to amateur radio and early communications. The DLARC is funded by a significant grant from Amateur Radio Digital
Communications, a private foundation, to create a digital library that documents, preserves, and provides open access to the history of this community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications can be accessed at
<a href="https://archive.org/details/dlarc">https://archive.org/details/dlarc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT publications can be found at <a href="https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22AMSAT%22">
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22AMSAT%22</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Issues of The AMSAT Journal from 2014 to the present can be accessed by AMSAT members at
<a href="https://launch.amsat.org/The_AMSAT_Journal">https://launch.amsat.org/The_AMSAT_Journal</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks the <a href="https://archive.org/details/dlarc-handout">
Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications</a> for the above information]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AI Fix from Earth Restores James Webb Telescope Clarity, No Astronauts Needed<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has received a remarkable upgrade — not from astronauts or hardware, but from artificial intelligence. Researchers at the University of Sydney developed a software-based solution
that corrected subtle image blurring in one of JWST’s most sensitive instruments, restoring the telescope’s precision without the need for any on-orbit servicing mission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The issue affected JWST’s Aperture Masking Interferometer (AMI), a specialized instrument designed to resolve extremely fine features when observing stars and exoplanets. Soon after operations began, scientists noticed
faint distortions caused by tiny electronic effects within the infrared detector. Rather than planning a complex repair mission, similar to how astronauts serviced the Hubble Space Telescope decades ago, the team pursued a software-only approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Two PhD researchers, Louis Desdoigts and Max Charles, created a new calibration system called AMIGO that uses artificial intelligence to model the behavior of JWST’s detector in space. By correcting a phenomenon
known as the “brighter-fatter effect,” where electrical charge slightly spreads between pixels, their software restored AMI’s ability to produce extremely sharp, high-contrast images from millions of miles away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">AI-enhanced calibration sharply improves JWST imagery of distant celestial objects. [Credit: Max Charles/<a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/">University
of Sydney</a>]</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">With the correction applied, JWST has achieved sharper-than-ever detections of faint and closely orbiting objects. The team demonstrated improved imaging of a dim exoplanet and a brown dwarf companion orbiting the
nearby star HD 206893, about 133 light-years from Earth. Additional examples included high-resolution observations of Io’s volcanic surface, a Wolf-Rayet star system, and a distant black hole jet — confirming that the fix significantly boosts scientific capability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The effort highlights a growing era where software and artificial intelligence can enhance or even “repair” spacecraft from the ground. “Instead of sending astronauts to bolt on new parts, they managed to fix things
with code,” said Professor Peter Tuthill of the University of Sydney, whose group originally contributed the AMI instrument design for JWST. The achievement underscores both the telescope’s flexibility and Australia’s strong role in cutting-edge astronomical
instrumentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The research has now been publicly released and peer-review is underway. The software tools are being prepared for use by the broader JWST science community, ensuring the telescope continues delivering unmatched
views of the universe — all thanks to a clever fix developed on Earth, with no spacewalks or hardware intervention required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Read the full article at: <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/how-ai-saved-nasas-10-billion-webb-telescope-from-blurry-vision/">
https://scitechdaily.com/how-ai-saved-nasas-10-billion-webb-telescope-from-blurry-vision/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ANS thanks <a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/">
University of Sydney</a> and <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/">SciTechDaily</a> for the above information]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for November 7, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Two Line Elements or TLEs, often referred to as Keplerian elements or keps in the amateur community, are the inputs to the SGP4 standard mathematical model of spacecraft orbits used by most amateur tracking programs.
Weekly updates are completely adequate for most amateur satellites. TLE bulletin files are updated daily in the first hour of the UTC day. New bulletin files will be posted immediately after reliable elements become available for new amateur satellites. More
information may be found at<a href="https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/"> https://www.amsat.org/keplerian-elements-resources/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This week there are no additions or deletions to the AMSAT TLE distribution.</span></em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ARISS News<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The downlink
frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Scheduled Contacts</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ Recently Completed</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Petőfi Sándor Evangélikus Gimnázium, Kollégium és Általános Iskola, Mezőberény, Hungary, Telebridge via K6DUE<br>
The ISS callsign was NA1SS<br>
The scheduled crewmember was Jonathan (Jonny) Kim KJ5HKP<br>
Contact was successful: Fri 2025-11-07 08:13:22 UTC<br>
Watch the Livestream at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/16x7e1jvTv/">https://www.facebook.com/share/16x7e1jvTv/</a> and
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/mpseg/live_videos/">https://www.facebook.com/mpseg/live_videos/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ Upcoming Contacts</span></i></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Colegio Del Faro, Benavídez, Tigre, Argentina, direct via LU4BB<br>
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS<br>
The scheduled crewmember is Mike Fincke KE5AIT<br>
The ARISS mentor is VE3TBD<br>
Contact is go for: Tue 2025-11-11 18:18 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">SPACE Academy of Azercosmos, Baku, Azerbaijan, direct via 4K4AZE<br>
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS<br>
The scheduled crewmember is Mike Fincke KE5AIT<br>
The ARISS mentor is SP3QFE<br>
Contact is go for: Sun 2025-11-16 14:53 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Russian school TBD, direct via TBD<br>
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS<br>
The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Platonov<br>
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR<br>
Contact is go for Tue 2025-11-18 10:10 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Russian school TBD, direct via TBD<br>
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS<br>
The scheduled crewmember is Oleg Platonov<br>
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR<br>
Contact is go for Thu 2025-11-20 14:50 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Many times a school may make a last-minute decision to do a Livestream or run into a last-minute glitch requiring a change of the URL but we at ARISS may not get the URL in time for publication. You can always check
<a href="https://live.ariss.org/">https://live.ariss.org/</a> to see if a school is Livestreaming.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">As always, if there is an EVA, a docking, or an undocking; the ARISS radios are turned off as part of the safety protocol.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The crossband repeater continues to be
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">active</span></strong> (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down), If any crewmember is so inclined, all they have to do is pick up the microphone, raise the volume up, and talk on the crossband repeater.
So give a listen, you just never know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Packet operations continue to be <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">active</span></strong> (145.825 MHz up & down). HamTV is<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> configured</span></strong> (2395.00 MHz).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The latest information on the operation mode can be found at <a href="https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html">https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at <a href="https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html">https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT Ambassador Activities<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT Ambassador Clint Bradford, K6LCS, says,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">“Think a 75-minute presentation on “working the easy satellites” would be appropriate for your club or event? Let me know by emailing me at k6lcsclint (at) gmail (dot) com or calling me at 909-999-SATS (7287)!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Clint has NEVER given the exact same show twice: EACH of the 150+ presentations so far has been customized/tailored to their audiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Scheduled Events<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">None currently scheduled.</span></em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">For more information go to: <a href="https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/">https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director – AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Satellite Shorts from All Over<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ AMSAT proudly recognizes two new operators who have earned the prestigious GridMaster Award. David Fisher, KG0D, achieved GridMaster Award #77 on October 19, 2025, followed by Gene Eighmy, KJ4M, who earned Award
#78 on October 22, 2025. The GridMaster Award honors amateur satellite operators who successfully confirm contacts from all 488 Maidenhead grid squares across the continental United States — a challenge requiring exceptional operating skill, patience, and
commitment. These accomplishments reflect not only the determination of the recipients but also the strong support and activity of the portable operators who make rare grid contacts possible. With only a small number of amateurs having reached this milestone,
each new award represents a significant achievement within the satellite community. Congratulations to David and Gene on reaching this elite level of satellite operating excellence. (ANS thanks
<a href="https://x.com/kk5do">Bruce Paige, KK5DO</a>, AMSAT Director of Contests & Awards, for the above information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ Elon Musk’s Starlink has made satellite internet service free to residents in Jamaica and the Bahamas following widespread communications outages caused by Hurricane Melissa. Starlink says the temporary measure
is intended to support emergency response and recovery efforts as infrastructure repairs continue. Although service fees are waived through the end of November, new users would still need to purchase a Starlink terminal if they don't already have one. The
company also enabled direct-to-cell service in Jamaica via Liberty Caribbean, allowing compatible phones to connect directly to Starlink satellites during terrestrial network disruptions. Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit constellation provides lower latency than
traditional geostationary satellite internet, making it useful in disaster environments where real-time communication is critical, especially for first responders and emergency coordinators. SpaceX has offered similar emergency access before, including after
major flooding in Texas and during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, reflecting an ongoing pattern of deploying satellite support during major disasters. (ANS thanks
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/">USA Today</a> for the above information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ A historic 26-meter radio dish in Rosman, North Carolina—now part of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)—once served NASA’s Space Tracking and Data Acquisition network and later supported U.S. intelligence
operations during the Cold War. Established in 1962, the site tracked early NASA satellites, supported Apollo recovery communications, and later hosted NSA signals-intelligence missions before being decommissioned in the 1990s. PARI’s nonprofit owners have
since preserved the facility as an education and research campus, hosting camps, astronomy programs, and university instruments while maintaining operational deep-space-capable antennas. The institute recently listed portions of its 192-acre campus for sale
or lease, seeking a partner who will continue its STEM outreach mission rather than convert the property to private development. PARI maintains real tracking capability, recently receiving signals from Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lunar lander and preparing to
listen for NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft regardless of official involvement. Leaders stress that PARI is not shutting down, and they aim to secure support from the growing commercial space sector to keep the iconic “26 West” dish operating as a public
educational and scientific asset. (ANS thanks <a href="https://www.space.com/">Space.com</a> for the above information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">+ Prusa Research has introduced Prusament PC Space Grade Black, a 3D-printing filament engineered for aerospace projects and developed in cooperation with TRL Space. The material meets European Space Agency (ESA)
outgassing standards and provides electrostatic-dissipative protection, making it suitable for satellite components and electronics housings used in space environments. Mechanical testing shows it exceeds key strength and temperature requirements for CubeSat
structures, demonstrating potential for lightweight printed parts on future missions. Unlike traditional space-qualified plastics that require expensive industrial printers, this filament can be printed on standard Prusa desktop systems with a hardened nozzle.
That makes high-reliability parts and space-hardware prototyping significantly more affordable and accessible to universities, labs, and advanced hobbyists. With strong performance in vacuum, thermal, and ESD conditions, the material opens exciting possibilities
for low-cost satellite development and electronics protection on Earth and beyond. (ANS thanks
<a href="https://www.prusa3d.com/">Prusa Research</a> for the above information)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Join AMSAT today at <a href="https://launch.amsat.org/">
https://launch.amsat.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Societies (a recognized group, clubs or organization).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half-time status shall be eligible for the student rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Memberships are available for annual and lifetime terms.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Contact info [at] <a href="http://amsat.org">
amsat.org</a> for additional membership information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">This week's ANS Editor,</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Mitch Ahrenstorff, ADØHJ</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">mahrenstorff [at] <a href="http://amsat.org">
amsat.org</a></span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">ANS is a service of AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, 712 H Street NE, Suite 1653, Washington, DC 20002</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">AMSAT is a registered trademark of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation.</span></em></span></i><em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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