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<h3><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"></span>ANS-320</strong><br></span></font>
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>November 16, 2025</strong></span></font></h3>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In this edition:</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">* BOTAN Digipeater Schedule a Challenge for U.S. Hams<br>
* Launch Scrubbed Due to ‘Highly Elevated Solar Activity’<br>
* Alarm Over Reductions at Goddard Space Flight Center<br>
* Comet Photos Plagued by Satellite Streaks<br>
* Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution<br>
* ARISS SSTV Event Continues<br>
* ARISS News<br>
* AMSAT Ambassador Activities<br>
* Satellite Shorts From All Over</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><strong 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></strong></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BOTAN Digipeater Schedule a Challenge for U.S. Hams</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BOTAN, a 1U cubesat built by students of the Chiba Institute of
Technology in Japan, was deployed from the International Space Station
(ISS) on October 10 via the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) “Kibo” module.
The satellite carries an earth-observation camera downloading images
upon ground station command at 437.375 MHz. These downloads occur
primarily when the satellite is over Japan.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Information on the satellite may be found at<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></span></font><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://sites.google.com/p.chibakoudai.jp/gardens-04/home-english?authuser=0">https://sites.google.com/p.chibakoudai.jp/gardens-04/home-english?authuser=0</a></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BOTAN also carries an APRS digipeater operating on 146.825 MHz. The
digipeater is also activated by ground station command. Although the
original design specifications called for the digipeater to remain
active for 720 minutes (12 hours) after activation, observations have
shown that it currently times out after 480 minutes (8 hours).</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">As a result, when the digipeater is activated by the command station
in Japan, it has timed out before passing over portions of North
America. Although the Chiba Institute has asked amateurs around the
world for telemetry downloads, the attempts to make use of the
satellite’s services have been frustrating for North American amateurs.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">BOTAN is next scheduled for digipeater activation on 2025-11-16 at
08:53 UTC (although current Keplerian data does not show the bird over
Japan until approximately half an hour after that time). Far west coast
U.S. and Mexican stations would be in the footprint briefly in the first
hour thereafter. The eight hour activation would end at 16:53 UTC.
During that period the satellite will pass over Asia, Australia, Africa,
Europe, and South America — but not over Central or North America.
Interested operators are encouraged to watch for schedule changes.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Masahiro Sanada, JI1IZR, has posted a nice blog about the station
setup he is using for BOTAN operation. The post may be found at <a href="https://ji1izr.cocolog-nifty.com/">https://ji1izr.cocolog-nifty.com/</a></span></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:400"><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Chiba Institute of Technology and Masahiro Sanada, JI1IZR, for the above information.]</em></font></p>
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<h2 style="text-align:left"><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Launch Scrubbed Due to ‘Highly Elevated Solar Activity’</span></font></h2>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">After terrestrial weather forced Blue
Origin to scrub its Sunday attempt to launch its 98-meter-tall (321 ft)
New Glenn rocket, unacceptable space weather prevented a launch attempt
on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In a post on social media, the company said
NASA made the call to stand down “due to highly elevated solar activity
and its potential effects on the ESCAPADE spacecraft.”</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">On Tuesday afternoon, NOAA’s Space Weather
Prediction Center forecast a G4 Severe Watch connected to a coronal mass
ejection first detected on Sunday, Nov. 9. It noted that this is just
the fourth G4 Watch issued this solar cycle, making it “very rare,” and
added that impacts are expected “about midday on Nov. 12.”</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-62647" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/K0PXaurora2025-871x1024.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="799"></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">Aurora were visible across North America on the evening of November 11. Photo credit: Doug Arntson, KØPX</em></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">A severe (G4) geomagnetic storm lit up
skies across the Northern Hemisphere overnight (Nov. 11-12), with vivid
northern lights visible across Canada, the U.S, and as far south as
Mexico.</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The incredible display followed the arrival
of multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — eruptions of magnetic field
and plasma from the sun — launched by sunspot AR4274, one of the most
energetic sunspot groups of the current solar cycle. The ongoing storm
ranks among the strongest of Solar Cycle 25 and last night’s peak at G4
clocked in as the third strongest geomagnetic storm this solar cycle.
The first two CMEs struck in quick succession last night, compressing
Earth’s magnetic field and unleashing spectacular aurora shows that
lasted well into the night.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-full gmail-wp-image-62643" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025111-New-Glenn-beach.jpg" alt="" width="678" height="452"><em><br></em></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>New
Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying twin
Mars probes for NASA. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.</em></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Blue Origin finally launched its second
heavy-lift New Glenn rocket Thursday, Nov. 13, putting two small NASA
satellites onto a long, looping course to Mars to learn more about how
the sun has slowly blown away the red planet’s once thick atmosphere.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>[ANS thanks spaceflight now and <a href="http://space.com">space.com</a> for the above information. Read the full articles at:<br>
<a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/11/live-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-12-new-glenn-launch-following-weekend-weather-scrub/">https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/11/live-coverage-blue-origin-targets-nov-12-new-glenn-launch-following-weekend-weather-scrub/</a><br>
<a href="https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/severe-geomagnetic-storm-sparks-northern-lights-across-north-america-and-as-far-south-as-mexico-photos">https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/severe-geomagnetic-storm-sparks-northern-lights-across-north-america-and-as-far-south-as-mexico-photos</a>.]</em></span></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Alarm Over Reductions at Goddard Space Flight Center</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space
Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center
for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble and James Webb space
telescopes — as more than a dozen buildings on the campus are being
emptied and padlocked during the federal shutdown, with very little
notice to employees, said four sources who spoke to CNN on the condition
of anonymity for fear of retribution. NASA leadership has pushed back
against those concerns.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In one instance, furloughed employees were given just days to
temporarily return to work and help empty entire buildings of highly
specialized equipment, according to sources and internal emails obtained
by CNN. In the communications, NASA managers wrote that equipment not
moved in time — including one-of-a-kind hardware — could be thrown away
or donated.</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-62646" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gsfc-20171208-archive-e001206-large-300x203.webp" alt="" width="600" height="406"></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>A Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy M82.</em><br></span></font>
<font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>Photo Credit: NASA Goddard</em></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">In a statement, a NASA spokesperson said the building closures are
part of a “strategic consolidation” plan mapped out by Goddard leaders
that should not impact ongoing projects.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">One document reviewed by CNN, which was compiled by more than a dozen
Goddard workers concerned about the steps taken at the campus, states
that 13 buildings are being shuttered, including about 100 laboratories.
The roughly 1,270-acre campus includes more than 30 large buildings and
dozens of smaller structures.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The changes described by sources have the space agency’s engineers
concerned they could permanently lose access to equipment and facilities
that are crucial to keeping current and future projects on track.</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:left"><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks the CNN for the above information. Read the full story at <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/science/nasa-goddard-building-closures-government-shutdown">https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/science/nasa-goddard-building-closures-government-shutdown</a>]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Comet Photos Plagued by Satellite Streaks</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Recent months have seen space fans revel in a wealth of spectacular
astrophotography depicting the evolution of Comet Lemmon’s glowing coma
and twisting tail as it journeyed through a Northern Hemisphere night
sky swarming with satellites.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">While many photographers opted to post sanitized views of Comet
Lemmon, others intentionally compiled their images to reveal the
incredible number of satellites that crossed the night sky over the
course of multiple exposures.</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><img class="gmail-aligncenter gmail-wp-image-62649" src="https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MXPmVhTZCoAGkVU645TFc9-1200-80.jpg-1024x576.webp" alt="" width="680" height="383"><em><br></em></span></font></p><p style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><em>A
composite image of Comet Lemmon revealing where bright pixels were
rejected by an image-stacking algorithm. (Image credit: Dan Bartlett via
Space.com)</em></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">“Photographically, if someone is attempting to take a single image of
a target and needs the image to be ‘clean’ — free of manmade objects —
well, that image is nearly impossible to obtain,” astrophotographer Dan
Bartlett told Space.com in an email. “Every single subframe I take
(prior to stacking) now contains at least one, and usually more than one
satellite streak.”</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">There are currently about 13,000 operational satellites orbiting
Earth, of which about 8,900 are SpaceX Starlink craft. This number is
set to exponentially increase, with SpaceX alone aiming to orbit up to
42,000 of its internet-beaming spacecraft, while competing companies aim
to add thousands more satellites to their own “megaconstellations.”</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Astrophotographers combat satellite streaks by capturing a multitude
of short exposures over the course of a single session. The images are
then combined and subjected to an algorithm that determines a median
value for each pixel before rejecting outlier pixels with values that
exceed set parameters.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Space.com for the above information. Read the full article at <a href="https://www.space.com/stargazing/astrophotography/comet-lemmon-photos-are-plagued-by-satellite-streaks-heres-how-amateur-astronomers-face-the-problem">https://www.space.com/stargazing/astrophotography/comet-lemmon-photos-are-plagued-by-satellite-streaks-heres-how-amateur-astronomers-face-the-problem</a> .]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Changes to AMSAT TLE Distribution for November 14, 2025</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><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>.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The following satellite has been <em>removed</em> from this week’s AMSAT distribution:</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>ENSO</strong> — NORAD Cat ID 58470 Decayed from orbit on or about 09 November 2025</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The following satellite has been <em>added</em> to this week’s AMSAT distribution:</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><strong>CEVROSAT1</strong> — Provisional ID 98526 <em><strong>Note</strong>:
Resource constraints at USSF 18SDS evidently are preventing generation
of TLE for this satellite. The element set provided is unusally poor,
expect the satellite to pass a minute or more away from predictions.</em></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Joe Fitzgerald, KM1P, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager, for the above information.]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ARISS SSTV Event Continues</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The worldwide Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) team and the global family of ham radio enthusiasts celebrated
25 years of continuous amateur radio operations on the International
Space Station (ISS) on November 13, 2025.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Only eleven days after the Expedition 1 crew took up residence on ISS
the crew turned on the ham radio system and began speaking with teams
in Star City Russia, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Maryland, and the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Throughout it all volunteer ARISS team members have worked side by
side with space agencies and astronauts and cosmonauts around the world
to develop, certify, launch and operate the ham radio systems that
enable creation of an amateur radio bridge between people on earth and
spacefarers in orbit.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">During 25 years of continuous operations, ARISS has connected 1
million kids in classrooms and information educational settings to the
ISS through nearly 1,800 ham radio contacts. It’s all about Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) educational opportunities.
Maximum value is added by working with educators to ensure that their
students learn about space science, living and working in space, ISS
research and radio communications. This educational element starts 4-6
months before the ARISS contact.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">When the time comes for their once-in-a-lifetime radio contact with
the ISS, they use an amateur radio ground station at their host
organization or one of our international ground stations to talk
directly to the astronauts and cosmonauts on ISS—LIVE!</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">There are two amateur radio stations on ISS, one in the Columbus
Module and one in the Service Module, supporting 24/7 communications
with hams on the ground via voice and digital repeaters in space. ARISS
also provides opportunities for youth and radio amateurs to downlink
pictures, called Slow Scan Television (SSTV), from ISS as well as
standard Television downlinks using our HamTV system and our L/S-Band
antennas.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">It’s important to note that these amateur radio systems are
completely independent from the ISS communications systems. Because of
that, they also serve as a pivotal ISS backup communications capability.
If the main ISS communications systems fail or are rendered unusable,
our flight hardware and ground operations team is ready to spring into
action 24/7.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">As we cross the threshold of 25 years of continuous operations on ISS
and look forward to many more, ARISS will begin a one-year
commemoration of its achievements. Several interactive initiatives for
youth, educators, ham radio operators and the public are planned. Stay
tuned to the ARISS website and social media channels to find out what
what is planned. As reported in <em>AMSAT News Service</em> bulletins
last week, the first commemorative event is already underway—an SSTV
(picture downlink) event that started November 12 and runs through
November 19.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair, ARISS-USA Executive Director, for the above information.]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">ARISS News</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<h3><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Recently Completed</span></font></h3>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Colegio Del Faro, Benavídez, Tigre, Argentina, direct via LU4BB<br>
The ISS callsign was OR4ISS<br>
The scheduled crewmember was Mike Fincke KE5AIT<br>
The ARISS mentor was VE3TBD<br>
Contact was successful: Tue 2025-11-11 18:18:56 UTC 51 degrees maximum elevation<br>
Congratulations to the Colegio Del Faro students, Mike, mentor VE3TBD, and ground station LU4BB!</span></font></p>
<h3><font size="4"><strong style="font-family:georgia,serif">Scheduled Contacts</strong></font></h3>
<p><font size="4"><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 14:53:03 UTC 28 degrees maximum elevation</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Escuela Jose Marti, Mexico City, Mexico, telebridge via IK1SLD<br>
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD<br>
The scheduled crewmember is Zena Cardman KJ5CMN<br>
The ARISS mentor is VE3TBD<br>
Contact is go for: Wed 2025-11-19 15:34:03 UTC 55 degrees maximum elevation</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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</span></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:400"><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:400"><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">The crossband repeater continues to be <strong>active</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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down) <strong>suspended</strong> for SSTV (145.800 MHz down) until November 20.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Ham TV is <strong>configured</strong> for scheduled digital amateur television operations (2395.00 MHz).</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><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></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team mentors for the above information.]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">AMSAT Ambassador Activities</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><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.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">None currently scheduled.</em></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Interested in becoming an AMSAT Ambassador? AMSAT Ambassadors provide
presentations, demonstrate communicating through amateur satellites,
and host information tables at club meetings, hamfests, conventions,
maker faires, and other events.</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">For more information go to:<a href="https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/"> https://www.amsat.org/ambassador/</a></span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><em style="font-family:georgia,serif">[ANS thanks Bo Lowrey, W4FCL, Director – AMSAT Ambassador Program, for the above information.]</em></font></p>
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<h2><font size="6"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Satellite Shorts from All Over</span></font></h2>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+ Amazon is rebranding its “Project Kuiper” constellation of
satellites in low Earth orbit. The program will now be known as “Amazon
Leo.” There are now 153 Kuiper satellites satellites in orbit, intended
to provide high-speed internet connections worldwide. (ANS thanks Amazon
for the above information.)</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+ LambdaVision, a biotech company, has flown nine missions to the
ISS, where it produced a 200-layer protein thin film as a precursor to
an artificial retina implants. Most recently, the company won a NASA
Phase 2 In Space Production Applications award in September to continue
developing the company’s in-space manufacturing process — in this case,
in partnership with microgravity research firm Space Tango. (ANS thanks
PayloadSpace.com for the above information. See the full article at <a href="https://payloadspace.com/lambdavision-closes-7m-seed-round-to-make-retinas-in-leo/">https://payloadspace.com/lambdavision-closes-7m-seed-round-to-make-retinas-in-leo/</a>.)</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+ Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station
Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they
had planned to use was damaged, likely from being hit by space debris.
The team left their Shenzhou-20 spacecraft in orbit and came back using
the recently arrived Shenzhou-21, which had ferried a three-person
replacement crew to the station, China’s Manned Space Agency said. The
original return plan was scrapped because a window in the Shenzhou-20
capsule had tiny cracks, most likely caused by impact from space debris,
the space agency said Friday. (ANS thanks the Associated Press for the
above information. Read the full story at <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-space-station-stranded-crew-shenzhou-e266f7106491b587e60d303068973761">https://apnews.com/article/china-space-station-stranded-crew-shenzhou-e266f7106491b587e60d303068973761</a>)</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">+ SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink broadband satellites
November 10 on a Falcon 9 rocket. It was the 94th orbital mission so far
this year from Cape Kennedy, breaking 2024’s record of 93 launches. A
SpaceX executive said at a conference recently that he expected the
company to finish the year with 165 to 170 Falcon 9 launches, which
would also be a record. The total number of Starlink satellites launched
so far in 2025 is 2,600. And the year’s not over yet. (ANS thanks
SpaceNews Editor’s Choice newsletter for the above information.)</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="4"><strong style="font-family:georgia,serif">73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!</strong></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">This week’s ANS Editor,</span></font></p>
<p><font size="4"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Mark Johns, KØJM<br>
mjohns [at] <a href="http://amsat.org">amsat.org</a></span></font></p>
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