One year has passed since the release of the RWASAT-1 3U CubeSat, the first Rwandan satellite, developed and manufactured by ArkEdge Space Inc. in collaboration with Rwandan government agencies and The University of Tokyo. ArkEdge Space representatives were joined by researchers of The University of Tokyo’s Intelligent Space Systems Laboratory and executives from the Rwandan Space Agency for an online ceremony, during which a congratulatory message was successfully uplinked to RWASAT-1 using LoRa communications and then downlinked at the main ground station in Tokyo.