SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-037.01
OSCAR Number for SuitSat

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 037.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 6, 2006
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-037.01

Bill Tynan, W3XO, former President of AMSAT-NA and the OSCAR number
coordinator has issued this statement:

From the information sent to me regarding the SuitSat project, it is
clear that the SuitSat spacecraft IS qualified to receive an OSCAR
number.

Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I am
pleased to issue this new amateur satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR-54,
or AO-54.

Congratulations are in order to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, Sergey Samburov,
RV3DR and the entire Radioskaf/Suitsat team for mounting this exciting
and attention-getting project.  Seldom has an amateur radio event
captured the public's imagination and evoked so much positive news media
coverage as SuitSat has.

73,
Bill Tynan, W3XO

For the details regarding OSCAR Number Assignment refer to:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/amsat-na/oscar.html

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