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== AMSAT organizations worldwide == [[File:KiwiSAT.jpg|thumb|KiwiSAT amateur radio satellite, developed by AMSAT-NZ, in its "clean cabinet" being demonstrated at the 2013 Auckland Technology Convention]] From its first launch, AMSAT projects have had international scope. By 2006, 21 countries had launched an amateur satellite. Many of these countries have their own AMSAT affiliate, some of which are noted below: * AMSAT [[Germany]] (AMSAT-DL, AMSAT Deutschland) has built and managed projects of several amateur radio satellites, notably [[AO-40]]. * AMSAT [[Japan]] (JAMSAT) has contributed to many satellites, in addition to launching its own satellites in cooperation with [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency|JAXA]]: the Fuji-OSCAR series. * AMSAT [[India]] (AMSAT-IN) launched its first amateur satellite, [[VUSat-OSCAR 52]] in 2005 aboard an [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] [[PSLV]] launch vehicle from [[Sriharikota]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm|title=About HAMsat|publisher=AMSAT-IN|access-date=December 19, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208052559/http://www.amsatindia.org/hamsat.htm |archive-date=2006-12-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> * AMSAT [[United Kingdom]] (AMSAT-UK) built [[FUNcube-1|FUNcube AO-73]] with AMSAT-NL, an Amateur CubeSat that was launched as part of a Russian [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] payload in November 2013. * AMSAT Italia (AMSAT-I) has built the HAMVIDEO TV transmitter for International Space Station and IO-117 (Italy-Oscar 117) first amateur radio satellite in MEO orbit. * AMSAT-CT is NGO for Education and Development is Portuguese VIP member of AMSAT-DL, funded by Aerospace Observatory in 1998 * AMSAT-CT develop the prototype of the satellite CAMOESat-1 at Oeiras Aerospace Observatory facilities * [[AMSAT-NL]] [[Netherlands]] * AMSAT [[Brazil]] * AMSAT [[Philippines]] (AMSAT-PH), club call sign DX1O, [[Diwata-2]] satellite is designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101) and has the amateur call sign DW4TA.<ref>Phillip Keane [https://www.engineering.com/Hardware/ArticleID/19117/The-Philippines-Satellite-Ham-Radio-Service-Is-Now-Live.aspx "The Philippines' Satellite Ham Radio Service Is Now Live"]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.amsat.org/diwata-2-designated-philippines-oscar-101-po-101/ |title=Diwata-2 Designated Philippines-OSCAR 101 (PO-101)|date=April 11, 2019 |first1=Paul |last1=Stoetzer|access-date=January 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://www.para.org.ph/para-amsat-ph-showcases-satellite-equipment.html "AMSAT-PH showcases Satellite Equipment"]</ref> *AMSAT [[Spain]] ([[AMSAT EA]]), designed and built the radio-amateur satellites GENESIS-L, GENESIS-N, EASAT-2 and HADES, all of them [[PocketQube|pocketQubes.]] *AMSAT New Zealand (AMSAT-ZL) developed kiwiSAT, intended to be New Zealand's first satellite. It designed and built by New Zealand radio amateurs supported by [[Massey University]] (Auckland) and various corporate sponsors.<ref name="herald-2003">{{citation |last1=Collins |first1=Simon |title=KiwiSat joins space race |date=2003-01-17 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwisat-joins-space-race/BPAJYBETUBPVR7GMQG2GVAB4IY/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |language=en}}</ref> The project began in 2003, but encountered many delays and setbacks, and was eventually dissolved in 2023.<ref>{{citation |title=A New Zealand Satellite - KiwiSAT |work=www.kiwisat.org.nz |url=https://www.kiwisat.org.nz/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221225941/https://www.kiwisat.org.nz/ |archive-date=21 December 2023 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref>
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