KiwiSat
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KiwiSAT, an Amateur Radio project by AMSAT-ZL, is to be New Zealand's first satellite. It is being designed and built by New Zealand Radio Amateurs supported by Massey University
Massey University
Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...

 (Auckland) and various corporate sponsors.
The satellite, slightly larger than a basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, is designed to connect with Amateur Radio Stations world-wide, and to carry out experimental work in small satellite Attitude Determination and Control (ADAC). It is planned to be launched attached to a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n Dnepr rocket (see launch date at this article).

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