Silver-Sat

I'm afraid that last post wasn't a test. That was the last post we received from SilverSat. The satellite re-entered the atmosphere at some point last night. Thank you to everyone who has participated in our mission!

THIS IS A TEST. [Wed Apr 22 03:00:21 2026] Goodbye from space! We've tweeted a total of 11 pictures over the course of this mission!

[Mon Apr 13 13:12:46 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 56 9216 1 24 12 36 25.83

[Fri Apr 10 14:37:27 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 82 6746 1 24 12 36 25.82

[Sat Apr 4 16:57:15 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 95 11014 1 24 12 36 25.90

[Mon Mar 30 18:59:33 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 77 21898 1 24 12 36 25.98

@Mike_Coletta Yup that's us. That looks like the SSDV downlink.

@SilverSatorg Just observed some of your data transmissions being sent as cubesat passed over OK going toward east coast .. 👍

[Sun Mar 29 12:20:53 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 133 26214 1 24 12 36 26.02

[Fri Mar 27 13:20:58 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 138 30888 1 24 12 36 26.02

[Wed Mar 25 20:41:51 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 125 30888 1 24 12 36 26.03

@mallery_g75191 Thanks for tracking us!

@SilverSatorg Great Satellite. Love seeing it transit. 73 W6MSU

SilverSat has now fallen below 350 km perigee, so we have stopped taking new pictures. We will continue to tweet and transmit SSDV using the onboard images.

Here is what our SSDV coverage looks like for the next week. Each colored line is a 6 minute SSDV downlink. Times will be posted at operations.silversat.org/ssdv. If you receive us, please let us know at silversat.org/qsl-cards/ !

[Mon Mar 23 21:36:30 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 30 6102 1 24 12 36 26.05

[Wed Mar 18 00:12:10 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 33 8012 1 24 12 36 26.10

[Sun Mar 15 18:37:48 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 80 22192 1 23 13 36 26.12

Our SSDV transmission schedule is now available online at 'operations.silversat.org/ssdv'

This was a 38 degree pass. This is the lowest pass we've taken thus far for a successful picture tweet.

[Sat Mar 14 18:15:19 2026] Hello from space! photo-000001.jpg 82 14678 1 23 13 36 26.12