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| Amateur Radio Satellites | |||||
| Satellite | Flight | Frequencies | |||
| Short Name |
Long Name |
Launched to Space |
Type of Orbit |
Uplink MHz |
Downlink MHz |
| AO-7 | AMSAT OSCAR 7 Phase 2 No. 2 [history] |
1974 Nov 15 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.850-145.950 432.125-432.175 |
29.400-29.500 145.975-145.925 29.502 beacon 145.975 beacon 435.100 beacon 2304+ beacon |
| AO-10 | AMSAT OSCAR 10 Phase 3 No. 2 [history] |
1983 Jun 16 | highly elliptical | 435.030-435.180 | 145.825-145.975 |
| AO-16 | AMSAT OSCAR 16 PACSAT [pacsats explained] |
1990 Jan 22 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.90, .92, .94, .96 packet 1200 bit/s FM FSK |
437.0513 packet 1200 bit/s PSK |
| AO-27 | AMRAD OSCAR 27 EYESAT |
1993 Sep 26 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.850 FM voice repeater |
436.795 FM voice repeater |
| AO-40 | AMSAT OSCAR 40 Phase 3D |
2000 Nov 16 | highly elliptical | 435.550-435.800 1269.250-1269.500 ssb & cw |
2401.225-2401.475 2401.323 telemetry (145.898 telemetry |
| AO-51 | AMSAT OSCAR 51 Echo |
2004 Jun 29 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
435.300 FM voice 435.150 FM voice QRP 2401.200 FM voice 435.150 digital 2401.200 FM voice 2401.200 digital 435.300 FM voice 435.150 digital 435.300 digital |
145.920 FM voice 145.880 FM voice QRP 145.920 FM voice 145.860 digital 1268.700 FM voice 1268.700 digital 1268.700 FM voice 1268.700 digital 28.140 digital |
| DO-17 | DOVE OSCAR 17 | 1990 Jan 22 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
DOVE is off the air |
145.825 fm 2401.220 |
| FO-20 | Fuji OSCAR 20 JAS-1b |
1990 Feb 07 | low earth orbit | 145.900-146.000 | 435.800-435.900 435.795 (cw beacon) |
| FO-29 | Fuji OSCAR 29 JAS-2 |
1996 Aug 17 | low earth orbit | 145.900-146.000 145.85, .87, .89, .91 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
435.800-435.900 435.795 (cw beacon) 435.910 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
| GO-32 | Gurwin OSCAR 32 TECHSAT-1b |
1998 Jul 10 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
– | 435.225 telemetry |
| IO-26 | ITAMSAT OSCAR 26 | 1993 Sep 26 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.875 fm 145.900 fm 145.925 fm 145.950 fm |
435.822 ssb APRS digipeater on |
| KO-23 | KITSAT OSCAR 23 | 1992 Aug 10 | low earth orbit circular |
145.900 fm | 435.170 fm |
| KO-25 | KITSAT OSCAR 25 | 1993 Sep 26 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.98 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
436.50 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
| LO-19 | LUsat OSCAR 19 | 1990 Jan 22 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.84 fm 145.86 fm 145.88 fm 145.90 fm |
437.126 cw telemetry 437.125 cw 437.150 ssb |
| MO-46 | Malaysian OSCAR 46 TiungSat-1 also amateur-related |
2000 Sep 26 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.850 digital 145.925 |
437.325 digital |
| NO-44 | Navy OSCAR 44 PCsat |
2001 Sep 30 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.827 digital APRS | 145.827 digital |
| PO-28 | POSAT OSCAR 28 | 1993 Sep 26 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.975 packet | 435.075 packet |
| PO-34 | PanSat OSCAR 34 | 1998 Oct 29 | low earth orbit circular |
436.500 packet | 436.500 packet |
| RS-12 | RadioSputnik 12 RadioSport 12 |
1991 Feb 05 | low earth orbit circular (polar) |
21.210 - 21.250 cw/ssb 145.910 - 145.950 cw/ssb 21.129 robot 145.831 robot |
29.410 - 29.450 cw/ssb 145.910 - 145.950 cw/ssb 29.408 beacon 29.454 beacon 145.912 beacon 145.958 beacon |
| RS-13 | RadioSputnik 13 RadioSport 13 |
1991 Feb 05 | low earth orbit circular (polar) |
21.260-21.300 cw/ssb 145.960-146.000 cw/ssb 21.139 robot 145.840 robot |
29.460-29.500 cw/ssb 145.860-145.900 cw/ssb 29.458 beacon 29.504 beacon 145.862 beacon 145.908 beacon |
| RS-15 | RadioSputnik 15 RadioSport 15 |
1994 Dec 26 | low earth orbit | 145.858-145.898 ce/ssb | 29.354-29.394 cw/ssb 29.352 beacon 29.399 beacon |
| RS-16 | RadioSputnik 16 RadioSport 16 |
1997 Mar 04 | low earth orbit circular |
145.915 - 145.948 cw/ssb | 29.415 to 29.448 cw/ssb 29.408 beacon 29.451 beacon 435.504 beacon 435.548 beacon |
| RS-17 | Mini-Sputnik | 1997 Nov 04 | low earth orbit hand launched from Mir space station |
– | 145.820 beacon |
| SO-33 | SedSat-1 OSCAR 33 | 1998 Oct 24 | low earth orbit | 145.915 - 145.975 ssb/cw/fm/am/packet 1,266.684 - 1,266.690 fsk |
29.350 - 29.420 ssb/cw/fm/am/packet 437.910 fsk |
| SO-35 | SunSat OSCAR 35 | 1999 Feb 23 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
436.290 FM voice repeater |
145.825 FM voice repeater |
| SO-41 | SaudiSat-1a OSCAR 41 | 2000 Sep 26 | low earth orbit | 145.850 FM voice | 436.775 FM voice 437.075 fm/packet |
| SO-42 | SaudiSat-1b OSCAR 42 | 2000 Sep 26 | low earth orbit | – | 436.775 fm/packet |
| SO-50 | SaudiSat-1c OSCAR 50 | 2002 Dec 20 | low earth orbit | 145.850 FM voice | 436.795 |
| TO-31 | Teamsat OSCAR 31 TMSAT-1 |
1998 Jul 10 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.925 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
436.925 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
| UO-11 | UoSAT OSCAR 11 UoSAT-2 |
1984 Mar 01 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
– | 145.825 beacon 435.025 beacon 2401.500 beacon |
| UO-14 | UoSat OSCAR 14 | 1990 Jan 22 | low earth orbit | 145.975 FM voice repeater |
435.070 FM voice repeater |
| UO-22 | UoSat OSCAR 22 | 1991 Jul 17 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
145.900, .975 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
435.120 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
| UO-36 | UoSat OSCAR 36 UoSAT-12 |
1999 Apr 21 | low earth orbit circular |
145.960 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
437.025, .400 packet 9600 bit/s FM FSK |
| VO-52 | VUSat OSCAR 52 HamSat |
2005 May 5 | low earth orbit circular |
435.250 | 145.900 145.936 beacon 145.860 beacon |
| WO-18 | WEBERSAT OSCAR 18 | 1990 Jan 22 | low earth orbit circular (sun-sync) |
– | 437.075 beacon 437.100 beacon |
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| Amateur Radio Aboard Piloted Spacecraft | |||||
| Spacecraft | Flight | Frequencies | |||
| Short Name |
Long Name |
Launched to Space |
Type of Orbit |
Uplink MHz |
Downlink MHz |
| ARISS | Amateur Radio on the International Space Station WHAT IS ARISS? FAQ ARRL FAQ RAC FAQ NASA |
2000 Sep 8 | low earth orbit (piloted spacecraft) |
144.490 voice 145.200 voice 145.990 packet 437.800 |
145.800 |
| MAREX MIREX SAFEX |
aboard Mir space station Mir Amateur Radio EXperiment [Russia] Mir International Amateur Radio EXperiment [U.S.] Space AmateurFunk EXperiment [Germany] |
1986 Feb 18 FAQ |
deorbited (piloted spacecraft) |
Mir Station has dropped from orbit |
145.55 fm/packet 145.85 fm/packet |
| SAREX | Space Amateur Radio EXperiment aboard some space shuttles WHAT IS SAREX? |
from 1983 FLIGHTS |
low earth orbit (piloted spacecraft) |
144-145 fm/packet | 144-145 fm/packet |
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