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# Spacecraft Country ranks Launch date .. Sponsor Remarks
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1 9 6 1 (1 Amateur/Student satellite in 60 missions = 1½ %)
1) Oscar 1 (OSCAR I) Californian Amateurs
(Project OSCAR)		 12 Dec 61 Radio-Amateur
1 9 6 2 (1 Amateur/Student satellite in 96 missions = 1 %)
2) Oscar 2  (OSCAR II) Californian Amateurs
(Project OSCAR)		 2 Jun 62 Radio-Amateur
1 9 6 3 (0 Amateur/Student satellite in 97 missions = 0 %)
None ...
1 9 6 4 (0 Amateur/Student satellite in 127 missions = 0 %)
None ...
1 9 6 5 (2 Amateur/Student satellites in 179 missions = 1 %)
3) Oscar 3 (OSCAR III) Californian Amateurs
(Project OSCAR)		 9 Mar 65 Radio-Amateur
4) Oscar 4 (OSCAR IV)  TRW Radio Club/
Project OSCAR		 21 Dec 65 Radio-Amateur
1 9 6 6 (0 Amateur/Student satellite in 174 missions = 0 %)
None ...
1 9 6 7 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 172 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 6 8 (0 Amateur/Student satellite in 166 missions = 0 %)
None ...
1 9 6 9 (0 Amateur/Student satellite in 155 missions = 0 %)
None ...
1 9 7 0 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 142 missions = %)
5) Oscar 5 Australis University of Melbourne 23 Jan 70 Radio-Amateur
1 9 7 1 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 175 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 7 2 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 143 missions = %)
6) Oscar 6 / Amsat-Oscar-6 AMSAT-NA 15 Oct 72  Radio-Amateur
1 9 7 3 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 146 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 7 4 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 136 missions = %)
7) Oscar 7 / AMSAT-Oscar-7 (Phase-IIB) AMSAT-NA 15 Nov 74 Radio-Amateur
1 9 7 5 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 168 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 7 6 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 164 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 7 7 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 147 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 7 8 (3 amateurstudent satellites in 174 missions = %)
8) Oscar 8 (AMSAT-OSCAR 8) AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-DL, JARL 5 Mar 78 Radio-Amateur
-- Radio Sputnik RS-1 Radio Sport Federation 26 Oct 78 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio Sputnik RS-2 Radio Sport Federation 26 Oct 78 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
1 9 7 9 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 134 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 8 0 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 144 missions = %)
9) Oscar 9 (AMSAT-Phase 3A) University of Surrey 23 May 80 Radio-Amateur
1 9 8 1 (7 amateurstudent satellites in 160 missions = %)
10) UoSAT 1 / Oscar 9 (UoSAT 1) 6 Oct 81 Radio-Amateur
-- Radio 3 (RS-3) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio 4 (RS-4) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio 5 (RS-5) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio 6 (RS-6) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio 7 (RS-7) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Radio 8 (RS-8) Radio Sport Federation 17 Dec 81 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
1 9 8 2 (2 amateurstudent satellites in 160 missions = %)
-- Iskra 2 17 May 82 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
-- Iskra 33 18 Nov 82 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
1 9 8 3 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 162 missions = %)
11) Oscar 10 (AMSAT-OSCAR 10, Phase 3B) AMSAT-NA/AMSAT-DL 16 Jun 83 Radio-Amateur
1 9 8 4 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 169 missions = %)
12) UoSAT 2 / Oscar 11 (UoSAT 2) University of Surrey SERG 1 Mar 84 Radio-Amateur
1 9 8 5 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 173 missions = %)
23) Nusat Weber State University 29 Apr 85 ... Student Experimentation
1 9 8 6 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 151 missions = %)
14) JAS-1 / Fuji / Oscar 12 Japan Amateur 
Radio League		 12 Aug 86 Radio-Amateur
1 9 8 7 (0 amateurstudent satellites in 141 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 8 8 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 155 missions = %)
15) Oscar 13 (AMSAT-OSCAR 13, Phase 3C)  AMSAT-DL 15 Jun 88 Radio-Amateur
1 9 8 9 (0 amateurstudent satellite in 139 missions = %)
None ...
1 9 9 0 (7 amateurstudent satellites in 173 missions = %)
16) UOSAT 3 (UoSAT-OSCAR 14, UoSAT-D) University of Surrey 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
17) UOSAT 4 (UoSAT-OSCAR 15, UoSAT-E) University of Surrey 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
18) PACSAT AO-16 (AMSAT-OSCAR 16) AMSAT-NA 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
19) DOVE DO-17 (DOVE-OSCAR 17) AMSAT Brazil 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
20) WEBERSAT (WEBERSAT-OSCAR 18) Weber State University 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
21) LUSAT LO-19 (LUSAT-OSCAR 19) AMSAT Argentina 22 Jan 90 Radio-Amateur
22) JAS 1b / Fuji 2
Fuji-OSCAR 20 (JAS-1b named Fuji-2)		 Japan Amateur 
Radio League		 7 Feb 90 Radio-Amateur
1 9 9 1 (3 amateurstudent satellites in 143 missions = %)
-- Radio Sputnik 14 (RS-14) AMSAT-OSCAR 21 (AO-21) AMSAT-U/
AMSAT-DL		 29 Jan 91 Radio-Amateur (Soviet Satellite)
23) SARA ESIEESPACE 17 Jul 91
24) Tubsat Technical Uni-
versity of Berlin		 17 Jul 91
25) UOSAT F (UoSAT-OSCAR 22, UoSAT-5) University of Surrey 17 Jul 91 Radio-Amateur
1 9 9 2 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 135 missions = %)
26) Kitsat A / KO-23 / Oscar 23 Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 10 Aug 92
1 9 9 3 (5 amateurstudent satellites in 118 missions = %)
27) Arsene / Oscar 29 (Arsene-OSCAR 24) Radio Amateur 
Club de l\'Espace		 13 May 93 ...
28) Uribyol 2 (KO-25) KITSAT-2 Korean Advanced 
Institute of Science 
and Technology		 26 Sep 93
29) Healthsat 1
30) ITAMsat IO-26 (Italy-OSCAR 26) AMSAT-IT 26 Sep 93 L
31) Eyesat 1 / AMRAD-Oscar-27 AMRAD/Interferometrics 26 Sep 93
32) Posat 1 (PoSAT-OSCAR 28) Portuguese Consortium 26 Sep 93
1 9 9 4 (1 amateurstudent satellite in 130 missions = %)
-- Radio Sputnik 15 Radio Sport Federation 26 Dec 94 (Russian Satellites)
1 9 9 5 (4 amateurstudent satellites in 113 missions = %)
33) Gurwin 1 / TECHSAT-1 28 Mar 95 ...
34) UNAMSAT (Oscar 30) National University 
of Mexico		 28 Mar 95
35) UPM/SAT 1 / LBSAT 7 Jul 95
36) Skipper 28 Dec 95
1 9 9 6 (2 amateurstudent satellites in 112 missions = %)
37) JAS 2 / Fuji Oscar 29 (FO-29)  Japan Amateur Radio League 17 Aug 96
38) UNAMSat / MEXICO-OSCAR-30 5 Sep 96
1 9 9 7 (2 amateurstudent satellites in 158 missions = %)
39) YES 30 oct 97 ...
-- Sputnik-40 / Radio Sputnik 1 30 Nov 97 (Russian Satellite)
1 9 9 8 (5 amateurstudent satellites in 174 missions = %)
40) Thai Puht (TO-31) TM-
SAT (OSCAR 31 1)		 Mahanakorn University of Technology 10 Jul 98
41) Gurwin Techsat 1B (GO-32)
Gerswin-OSCAR 32 (TechSat-1b)		 Technion Institute 
of Technology		 10 Jul 98
42) SEDSat-OSCAR 33 (SEDSAT) Students for the 
Exploration and 
Development of Space		 24 Oct 98
43) PANSAT / PANSAT-OSCAR 34 (PO-34) Naval Posgraduate 
School, Monterey		 30 Oct 98
-- Sputnik-41 / Radio Sputnik 18 10 Nov 98 (Russian Satellite)
1 9 9 9 (2 amateurstudent satellites in 133 missions = %)
44) Sunsat (SO-35)
SUNSAT-OSCAR 35 (SUNSAT)		  University of Stellenbosch 23 Feb 99
45) UoSAT-OSCAR 36 (UoSAT-12) University of Surrey 21 Apr 99
2 0 0 0 (4 amateurstudent satellites in 131 missions = %)
-- Arizona State-OSCAR 37 (ASUSat1) Arizona State University 27 Jan 00
-- OPAL-OSCAR 38 Stanford Aeronau-
tics and Astronautics		 27 Jan 00
46) STENSAT
-- Weber-OSCAR 39 Weber State University 27 Jan 00
-- SNAP 1 28 Jun 00
-- Malaysian-OSCAR-46 (TiungSAT-1) The Malaysian Government 26 Sep 00
-- UniSat 26 Sep 0
47) SaudiSat-OSCAR 41 (SaudiSat-1a)
SaudiSat 1A / Saudi OSCAR 41 (SO-41)		 King Abdulaziz 
Univer-sity for 
Science & Technology		 26 Sep 00
48) SaudiSat-OSCAR 42 (SaudiSat-1b)
SaudiSat 1B / Saudi SCAR 42 (SO-42)		 King Abdulaziz 
Univer-sity for 
Science & Technology		 26 Sep 00
49) AMSAT-OSCAR 40 (P3D)  AMSAT-DL/AMSAT-NA 16 Nov 00
2 0 0 1 (3 amateurstudent satellites in 93 missions = %)
-- Starshine-OSCAR-43 (Starshine-3) U.S. Naval Research Laboratory 30 Sep 01
-- Nav-OSCAR 44 US Naval Academy 30 Sep 01
-- Nav-OSCAR 45 (Sapphire) Stanford University 
Washington University		 30 Sep 01
2 0 0 2 (6 amateurstudent satellites in 101 missions = %)
-- Radio Sputnik 21 (Kolibri-2000 Radio Sport Federation 20 Mar 02
50) BreizhSAT-OSCAR 47 (IDEFIX CU1)  AMSAT-FR 3 May 02
51) BreizhSAT-OSCAR 48 (IDEFIX CU2)  AMSAT-FR 3 May 02
52) Rubin-2 / AO-49 AATiS OSCAR-49 (SAFIR-M) OHB, Bremen 14 Dec 02
53) SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Saudisat 1C / Saudi OSCAR 50 (SO-50)		 King Abdulaziz 
University for 
Science & Technology		 20 Dec 02
-- Unisat-2 20 Dec 02
2 0 0 3 (5 amateurstudent satellites in 97 missions = %)
54) DTUSat echnical University of Denmark 30 Jun 03
55) AAU-CubeSat (oscar 55) Aalborg University 30 Jun 03
56) Can X-1 University of Toronto, SFL 30 Jun 03
57) Quakesat 30 Jun 03
58) CUTE-I / Cubesat-TiTech Tokyo Institute of Technology Matunaga LSS  30 Jun 03
59) CubeSat XI-IV (OSCAR 57)  University of Tokyo 30 Jun 03
2 0 0 4 (4 amateurstudent satellites in 77 missions = 5 %)
-- Unisat-3 29 Jun 04
60) AMSAT-Echo (OSCAR 51) AMSAT-NA 29 Jun 04
61) 3CS-1 / Sparky 21 Dec 04
62) 3CS-2 / Ralphie 21 Dec 04
2 0 0 5 (2 amateurstuden satellites in 78 missions = 2 %)
-- Universitetskiy / "Tatyana" Russia university 20 Jan 05 Radiation studies (Russian s/c)
-- HAMSAT / VUSAT
(OSCAR 52)		 India’s AMSAT-VU 5 May 05 Radio-amateur (Indian s/c)
63) Cosmos-1 The Planetary Society 21 Jun 05 Technology
64) CubeSat XI-V University of Tokyo 27 Oct 05 Technology
2 0 0 6 (19 amateurstudent satellites in 116 missions = 17 %)
65) RadioSkaf / AMSAT-OSCAR 54 Russia/AMSAT-NA 3 Feb 06 Radio-Amateur
66) Cute 1.7 + APD Students of Tokyo University 21 Feb 06 Technology
67) Baumanets Baumanets University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
-- Unisat-4  Universita di Roma 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
68) PICPOT Politecnico di Torino 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
69) ICECube-1 Cornell University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
70) ION University of Illinois 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
71) RINCON University of Arizona 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
72) AeroCube-1 Aerospace Corp 26 Jul 06 Amateur Technology
73) CalPoly CP1 California Polytechnic Univversity 26 Jul 06 Amateur Technology
74) SEEDS Nihon University 26 Jul 06 Amateur Technology
75) nCube-1 Norway' s University of Technology 26 Jul 06 Amateur Technology
76) HAUSAT-1 Hankuk Aviation University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
77) MEROPE Montana State University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
78) CalPoly CP2 California Polytechnic University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
79) KUTESat University of Kansas 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
80) SACRED University of Arizona 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
81) Voyager Hawaii University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
82) ICECube 2 Cornell University 26 Jul 06 Student Experimentation
83) HIT-SAT Japan's Hokkaido 
Insttitute of Technology		 22 Sep 06 Technology (amateur)
2 0 0 7 (9 amateurstudent satellites in 123 missions = 7 %)
84) PEHUENSAT-1 / PehuenSat-OSCAR-63 (PO-63) Argentina AMSAT 10 Jan 07 C
85) MAST - GAEGET TUI & Stanford University students 17 Apr 07 C
86) MAST - TED TUI & Stanford University students 17 Apr 07 C
87) MAST - RAPHP TUI & Stanford University students 17 Apr 07 C
88) CAPE 1 University of Louisiana student 17 Apr 07 C
89) CP 3 / CalPoly 3 California Polytechnic 17 Apr 07 C
90) CP 4 / CalPoly 4 California Polytechnic 17 Apr 07 C
91) Libertad Colombia USA Students 17 Apr 07 C
92) MEMS-Pico / Zheda Pixing 1 China 25 May 05
2 0 0 8 (7 amateurstudent satellites in 111 missions = 6 %)
93) NLS-5 Canada (University of Toronto 28 Apr 08
-- RUBIN-8 Germany (COSMOS International)  28 Apr 08
94) CAN-X2 Canada (University of Toronto 28 Apr 08
95) DELPHI-C3 Netherlands (Delfi's 
Technical University)		 28 Apr 08
96) CUTE 1.7 Japan (Tokyo Institute 
of Technology)		 28 Apr 08
97) SEEDS Japan (Nihon University) 28 Apr 08
98) AAUSAT-II Denmark (Aalborg University) 28 Apr 08
99) COMPASS-1 Germany (Aachen's 
University of Applied Science)		 28 Apr 08
-- Yubileynyy Russia 23 May 08
2 0 0 9 (13 amateurstudent satellites in 129 missions = 10 %)
100) KKS 1 Tokyo College 23 Jan 09 C Technology
101) STARS / Kukai Kagawa University 23 Jan 09 C Technology
102) PRISM University of Tokyo 23 Jan 09 C Earth Imaging
103) CP6 Cal Poly 19 May 09 C Technology
104) HawkSat-1 Hawk Institute 19 May 09 C Technology
105) DRAGONSat - AggieSat 2 Texas A&M University 30 Jul 09 C Technology
106) DRAGONSat - 
PARADIGM/BEVO 1		 Texas A&M University 30 Jul 09 C Technology
107) UGATUSAT Ufa State Aviation 17 Sep 09 C Earth Imaging
108) UWE-2 Universität Würzburg 23 Sep 09 C Technology
109) BEESAT Technische Universität 23 Sep 09 C Technology
110) ITU-p-SAT 1 Istanbul Tech-
nical University		 23 Sep 09 C Technology
111) SwissCube École Polytech-
nique Lausanne		 23 Sep 09 C Technology
112) XW 1 / Xi Wang 1 China 15 Dec 09 C
2 0 1 0 (10 amateurstudent satellites in 129 missions = 8 %)
113) Negai* Tokyo Univ. 20 May 10
114) Waseda-Sat 2 Waseda Univ. 20 May 10
115) KSAT Kagoshima Univ. 20 May 10
116) AISSAT-1 / NLS-6.1 Norway 12 Jul 10
117) TISat-1 / NLS-6.2 Switzerland 12 Jul 10
118) Studsat India's students 12 Jul 10
119) ZP 1A-1 / Zheda Pixing 1A-1 China 22 Sep 10
120) ZP 1A-2 / Zheda Pixing 1A-2 China 22 Sep 10
121) Fastrac 1 / ST 1 (USA 222) Univ. of Texas 20 Nov 10
122) Fastrac 2 Univ. of Texas 20 Nov 10
2 0 1 1 (14 amateurstudent satellites in  missions =  %)
123) E1P / Explorer 1 Prime Montana State University 4 Mar 11
124) Hermes University of Colorado 4 Mar 11
125) KySat-1 University of Kentucky 4 Mar 11
126) IMS-1A Youthsat India-Russia 20 Apr 11
127) X-SAT Singapour 20 Apr 11
128) Kedr 1 / ARISSat 1 ("RADIOSKAF 2") Radio Amateur Satellite Corp. 3 Aug 11
129) Edusat Italia 17 Aug 11
130) SRMSat India 12 Oct 11
131) M-Cubed U. of Michigan 25 Oct 11
132) AubieSat 1 Auburn University 25 Oct 11
133) E1PU2 Montana State U. 25 Oct 11
134) RAX 2 U.  of Michigan 25 Oct 11
135) DICE 1 Utah State U. 25 Oct 11
136) DICE 2 Utah State U. 25 Oct 11
2 0 1 2 ( amateurstudent satellites in  missions =  %)
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