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WG3K > ANS 26.05.24 02:34l 30 Lines 1643 Bytes #67 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: Project OSCAR Discontinues Operations, Donates Remaining Fun
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Project OSCAR, the organization responsible for the construction and launch
of the first amateur radio satellite, OSCAR 1 in 1961, as well as OSCARs 2,
3 and 4, has discontinued operations and donated its remaining funds to
AMSAT.
Project OSCAR Inc. was originally formed to investigate the possibility of
putting an amateur satellite in orbit. The first amateur radio satellite,
OSCAR-1 orbited the earth for 22 days, transmitting the “HI” greeting in
Morse Code. Since that beginning, the group had focused on supporting and
promoting amateur radio satellite related projects.
In addition to donating its remaining funds to AMSAT, Project OSCAR also
granted AMSAT ownership to the future rights to the term "OSCAR" or
Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio. Ever since the launch of OSCAR I
in 1961, it has been traditional for amateur radio satellites to carry the
name OSCAR after their launch and activation in orbit. For several decades,
AMSAT has administered the numbering of OSCAR satellites
https://www.amsat.org/oscar-numbers-policy/ at Project OSCAR's request.
121 satellites have received OSCAR designations
https://www.amsat.org/orbiting-satellites-carrying-amateur-radio/.
AMSAT is greatly appreciative of all of those who have been involved in
Project OSCAR over the past 64 years. The large and growing amateur
satellite community owes its existence to those early pioneers who decided
that amateur radio had a place in space and made it happen. AMSAT is
committed to upholding the legacy of those early pioneers and Keeping
Amateur Radio in Space.
*[ANS thanks Project OSCAR and AMSAT for the above information]*
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