| Date |
Name |
Origin |
Innovation |
| 1961 Dec 12 |
OSCAR 1 |
Project OSCAR |
Transmitted Hi HI and temperature. |
| 1962 Jun 2 |
OSCAR 2 |
Project OSCAR |
Similar to OSCAR 1. |
| 1965 Mar 9 |
OSCAR 3 |
Project OSCAR |
First solar powered, first to relay signals. |
| 1965 Dec 21 |
OSCAR 4 |
Project OSCAR |
First U.S.-Soviet amateur link. |
| 1970 Jan 23 |
Australis-OSCAR 5 |
Melbourne Univ. |
Australia, launched from USA. First remote-controlled amateur sat. |
| 1972 Oct 15 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 6 |
AMSAT |
Sat-to-sat comm via AO7, medical relays. |
| 1974 Nov 15 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 7 |
AMSAT |
Stored & forwarded messages. |
| 1978 Mar 5 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 8 |
AMSAT |
Message store & forward. |
| 1978 Oct 26 |
Radiosputnik 1 |
USSR |
First Russian amateur satellite, launched with RS 2. |
| 1978 Oct 26 |
Radiosputnik 2 |
USSR |
Russian amateur satellite, launched with RS 1. |
| 1980 May 23 |
AMSAT Phase 3A |
AMSAT |
Ariane rocket launch failed. |
| 1981 Oct 6 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 9 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
First on-board housekeeping computer. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 3 |
USSR |
Launched with RS 4-8. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 4 |
USSR |
Launched as part of the RS 3-8 flotilla. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 5 |
USSR |
Robot communicator for Morse code contact with amateurs on grnd. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 6 |
USSR |
Launched as part of the RS 3-8 flotilla. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 7 |
USSR |
Robot communicator for Morse code contact with amateurs on grnd. |
| 1981 Dec 17 |
Radiosputnik 8 |
USSR |
Launched as part of the RS 3-8 flotilla. |
| 1982 Jul 9 |
ISKRA 2 |
USSR |
Hand launched by cosmonauts tossing out of Salyut 7 space
station. |
| 1982 Nov 18 |
ISKRA 3 |
USSR |
Hand launched by cosmonauts tossing out of Salyut 7 space
station. |
| 1983 Jun 16 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 10 |
AMSAT |
High altitude eliptical Molniya orbit. |
| 1984 Mar 1 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 11 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
Camera, speech synthesizer, dust detector, Geiger counter. |
| 1986, Aug 12 |
Fuji-OSCAR 12 |
JARL |
First Japanese amateur satellite. |
| 1987 Jun 23 |
Radiosputnik 10 |
USSR |
Piggyback, along with RS 11, on Soviet navigation satellite. |
| 1987 Jun 23 |
Radiosputnik 11 |
USSR |
Piggyback, along with RS 10, on Soviet navigation satellite. |
| 1988 Jun 15 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 13 |
AMSAT |
High altitude eliptical Molniya orbit. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 14 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
One of 6 microsatellites launched together. Cosmic particle detector. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 15 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
One of the 6 microsatellites. Failed in orbit. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 16 |
AMSAT |
One of the 6 microsats. Digital comms & message
store-forward. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
DOVE-OSCAR 17 |
AMSAT-Brazil |
One of the 6 microsats. Peacetalker read messages to grnd
listeners. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18 |
Weber Univ. students |
One of the 6 microsatellites. CCD camera. |
| 1990 Jan 22 |
LUSAT-OSCAR 19 |
AMSAT-Argentina |
One of the 6 microsatellites. Digital message BBS. |
| 1990 Feb 7 |
Fuji-OSCAR 20 |
JARL |
Second Japanese amateur satellite. |
| 1991 Jan 29 |
Radiosputnik 14 |
AMSAT-U & AMSAT-DL |
a.k.a. AMSAT-OSCAR 21. Russian-German prjct. Message reader. |
| 1991 Feb 5 |
Radiosputnik 12 |
Russia |
Piggyback, along with RS 13, on Russian navigation satellite. |
| 1991 Feb 5 |
Radiosputnik 13 |
Russia |
Piggyback, along with RS 12, on Russian navigation satellite. |
| 1991 Jul 17 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 22 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
Camera and digial messaging system. |
| 1992 Aug 10 |
KITSAT-OSCAR 23 |
South Korea |
Camera and digial messaging system, similar to UO 22. |
| 1993 May 13 |
Arsene-OSCAR 24 |
France |
First French amateur satellite. |
| 1993 Sep 26 |
KITSAT-OSCAR 25 |
South Korea |
Camera, science instruments. Launched with IO 26, AO 27, PO
28. |
| 1993 Sep 26 |
Italy-OSCAR 26 |
Italy-AMSAT |
Launched with KO 25, AO 27, PO 28. Similar to AO 16, LO 19. |
| 1993 Sep 26 |
AMRAD-OSCAR 27 |
AMRAD |
Launched with KO 25, IO 26, PO 28. |
| 1993 Sep 26 |
PoSAT-OSCAR 28 |
Portugal |
Launch with 3 others. Camera, star sensor, GPS, cosmic ray
test. |
| 1994 Dec 16 |
Radiosputnik 15 |
Russia |
Similar to RS 3-8. |
| 1995 Mar 28 |
UNAMSAT 1 |
Natl. Univ. of Mexico |
Russian launcher failed. |
| 1995 Mar 28 |
TechSat 1a |
Israel |
Russian launcher failed. |
| 1996 Aug 17 |
Fuji-OSCAR 29 |
JARL |
Third Japanese amateur satellite. Digitalker message reader. |
| 1996 Sep 5 |
Mexico-OSCAR 30 |
Natl. Univ. of Mexico |
Twin of UNAMSAT 1. Meteor sounder. |
| 1997 Nov 4 |
Radiosputnik 17 |
Russia |
Hand launch from Mir stn on 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1. |
| 1998 July 10 |
Thai-Microsat-OSCAR 31 |
Thailand |
TMSAT 1 launched by Russia. Camera, GPS, digital comms. |
| 1998 Jul 10 |
Gerswin-OSCAR 32 |
Israel |
TechSat 1b launched by Russia. |
| 1998 Oct 24 |
SEDsat-OSCAR 33 |
Univ. of Huntsville Ala. |
Camera, remote sensing. |
| 1998 Oct 30 |
PANSAT-OSCAR 34 |
Naval Postgrad School |
Digital message system and communications. |
| 1998 Nov 10 |
Radiosputnik 18 |
Russia |
Hand launch from Mir stn. Sputnik 41. Prior RS 17 was Sputnik
40. |
| 199 Feb 23 |
SUNSAT-OSCAR 35 |
South Africa |
Univ. of Stellenbosch. Communications and experiments. |
| 1999 Apr 21 |
UoSAT-OSCAR 36 |
Univ. of Surry, U.K. |
Message store and forward system. |
| 2000 Jan 27 |
ArizonaState-OSCAR 37 |
Arizona State Univ. |
ASUsat1. Launched with OPAL, StenSAT, T&L, WO 39. |
| 2000 Jan 27 |
OPAL-OSCAR 38 |
Stanford Univ. |
Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher. |
| 2000 Jan 27 |
StenSAT |
Stensat Group USA |
CubeSat, a 12 cu. In.c, 8.s oz. picosatellite. |
| 2000 Jan 27 |
Thelma and Louise |
Santa Clara Univ. |
a.k.a. Thunder and Lightning, ParaSat, a picosat. |
| 2000 Jan 27 |
Weber-OSCAR 39 |
Weber Univ. |
a.k.a. JAWSAT Joint Air Force Weber Sat. |
| 2000 Sep 26 |
SaudiSat-OSCAR 41 |
King Abdulaziz SRI |
Launched by Russia on converted ICBM along with SO 42, MO 46. |
| 2000 Sep 26 |
SaudiSat-OSCAR 42 |
King Abdulaziz SRI |
Launched with SO 41, MO 46. |
| 2000 Sep 26 |
Malaysian-OSCAR 46 |
Malaysia |
a.k.a. TiungSAT 1. |
| 2000 Nov 16 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 40 |
AMSAT |
Largest, most complex, most powerful to date. Ten years to build. |
| 2001 Sep 30 |
Starshine-OSCAR 43 |
Project Starshine USA |
37 in. ball covered with 1,500 mirrors polished by 40,000
students. |
| 2001 Sep 30 |
Nav-OSCAR 44 |
U.S. Naval Academy |
a.k.a. PCsat. Launched with SO 43 NO 45 & PICOsat from
Alaska. |
| 2001 Sep 30 |
Nav-OSCAR 45 |
Washington Univ. |
Sapphire. Wash.Univ.St.Louis & Stanford. Infrared, camera,
voice. |
| 2002 Mar 20 |
Radiosputnik 21 |
Russia-Australia |
Russian-Australian educational project launched from space
stn. |
| 2002 May 3 |
BreizhSAT-OSCAR 47 |
AMSAT-France |
a.k.a. IDEFIX CU1. Picosatellite, read messages. |
| 2002 May 3 |
BreizhSAT-OSCAR 48 |
AMSAT-France |
a.k.a. IDEFIX CU2. Picosatellite, read messages. |
| 2002 Dec 20 |
AATiS-OSCAR 49 |
AMSAT-Germany |
a.k.a. SAFIR-M. Cooperative educational project wih schools. |
| 2002 Dec 20 |
SaudiSat-OSCAR 50 |
King Abdulaziz SRI |
Launched by Russia on converted ICBM along with AO 49. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
DTUsat |
Tech. Univ. of Denmark |
One of 6 CubeSAT nanosatellites launched by Russia. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
AAU CubeSat |
Univ. Aalborg, Denmark |
One of the 6 CubeSAT nanosatellites. Camera. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
CanX 1 |
Univ. of Toronto, Canada |
One of the 6 CubeSATs. Horizon tracker, star sensor, GPS. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
Quakesat |
Stanford Univ. |
One of the 6 CubeSATs. Listened for earthquake radio signals. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
CUTE 1 |
Tokyo Inst. Tech., Japan |
One of the 6 CubeSAT nanosatellites. |
| 2003 Jun 30 |
XI-IV |
Univ. of Tokyo, Japan |
One of the 6 CubeSAT nanosatellites. Camera photograped Earth. |
| 2004 Jun 29 |
AMSAT-OSCAR 51 |
AMSAT |
a.k.a. Echo. Launched from Russia. Voice and data communications. |
| 2005 May 5 |
VuSat-OSCAR 52 |
AMSAT-India |
a.k.a. HamSat. First amateur radio satellite from India. |
| |
| Other Amateur Radio Space Communications
Systems |
| |
| 1983-1999 |
SAREX |
USA |
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. |
| 2000-present |
ARISS |
USA |
Amateur Radio aboard the International Space Station. |