Amateur radio satellite
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An amateur radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators for use in the amateur radio satellite service.
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History
The first amateur radio satellite was OSCAR-1, launched on December 12, 1961, in the United States.
Other programmes despite OSCAR have been Iskra (Soviet Union), RS (Soviet Union and Russia) or CubeSat.
See also
References
- Martin Davidoff: The Radio Amateur’s Satellite Handbook. The American Radio Relay League, Newington, ISBN 978-0-87259-658-0.
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