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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 %)

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 %)

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 = %)

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 = %)

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 = %)

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 = %)

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

( amateurstudent satellites in missions = %)

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