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Alpha CubeSat: Student-Led Space Exploration

$5,942
79%
Raised toward our $7,500 Goal
37 Donors
Project has ended
Project ended on December 05, at 11:59 PM EST
Project Owners

Gillis Lowry

In Honor of ChipSat ID 1

$10

Dec 05, 2025

Ben Jacobson-Bell

In Honor of the 6th downlink

$36

Dec 05, 2025

Bryan

Peters

$50

Dec 05, 2025

Duncan McDonald

In Memory of Ham shack bird

$50

Dec 05, 2025

Anonymous

$25

Dec 04, 2025

Anonymous

$500

Dec 04, 2025

Amy

Peterson

$50

Dec 03, 2025

Jamison

Smith

Undisclosed Amount

Dec 02, 2025

Hector

Torres Dominguez Jr

Undisclosed Amount

Dec 01, 2025

Eunha Jeon

In Honor of Tae

$10

Dec 01, 2025

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 24, 2025

Anonymous

$50

Nov 24, 2025

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 18, 2025

Anonymous

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 17, 2025

Anonymous

$100

Nov 17, 2025

Yuanyuan

Hao

$25

Nov 17, 2025

Karen

Lin

$500

Nov 17, 2025

Chaoqin

Li

$150

Nov 16, 2025

Anonymous

$100

Nov 16, 2025

Arvin

Shmilovich

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 16, 2025

Zachary

Garcia

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 15, 2025

Mark

Lohatepanont

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 14, 2025

Anonymous

$100

Nov 11, 2025

Cameron

Goddard

Undisclosed Amount

Nov 08, 2025

Anonymous

$500

Nov 08, 2025
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$10

100 CubeSat Radio Credits

Help us communicate with our satellite! Each message from our CubeSat costs 2 credits. $10 will fund a day's worth of data from space!

$25

3D Printer Filament

Your donation will enable us to prototype multiple ChipSat deployers for our upcoming missions!

$50

Circuit Boards

Your donation will allow us to prototype student-designed PCBs for both our ChipSat and High-Altitude Balloon projects! Students will solder, test, and iterate on these designs as we bring our projects to life!

$100

ChipSat Picoballoon Flight

Your donation enables us to launch one ChipSat in a small balloon that (if conditions are right) could circumnavigate the globe! Such flights allow us to test our compatibility with more ground stations, while gathering the support of listeners around the world to collect data from our light sail when it's in orbit!

$150

ChipSat Ground Station

Your donation will fund a low-cost ground station setup for student teams to track our light sail and collect data from our ChipSats!

$250

Thermal-Vacuum Test

Your donation will cover the cost of a thermal cycle in vacuum to simulate the temperature fluctuations during our suborbital launch! This shall be one of the final testing milestones to ensure our ChipSats can deploy successfully.

$500

Conference Participation

Your donation will allow a student to present our cutting-edge technology and mission results at a high-visibility spacecraft conference this summer! This will cover airfare, lodging, and conference fees and will be an excellent networking opportunity for our students as they embark on their aerospace careers!