Technology Demonstration Spacecraft

Vanguard 1

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fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

Dong Fang Hong I

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first satellite launched by China

ESTCube-1

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Estonian nanosatellite

Ohsumi

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first Japanese satellite put into orbit

Clementine

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American lunar orbiter

IKAROS

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uncrewed Japanese experimental solar sail space probe

Astérix

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French satellite

LISA Pathfinder

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ESA spacecraft that was launched on December 3, 2015

Cosmos 1

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solar sail project

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

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North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

Saturn I SA-5

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American rocket launch vehicle

A-102

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1964 Saturn I failure

PROBA-2

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ESA technology demonstration satellite

Artemis

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decommissioned ESA communication satellite

PROBA-1

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ESA Earth observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

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North Korean Earth observation satellite; first satellite orbited by North Korea

MaSat-1

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Satellite

WINDS

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Japanese communication satellite

Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite

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asteroid monitoring microsatellite from Canada

NEE-01 Pegaso

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Ecuadorian satellite

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

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Indian experimental reentry capsule

SNAP-10A

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experimental nuclear reactor launched into space in 1965

PROBA-V

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ESA Earth observation satellite

NanoSail-D2

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NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

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NASA vehicle which tested an inflatable reentry system

Genesis I

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2006

PoSAT-1

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Portuguese satellite

Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

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experimental test space vehicle

Chollian

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communications satellite

Gaganyaan-1

Event

Indian spaceflight, planned 2024

Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology

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former NASA spacecraft which tested autonomous navigation and rendezvous

Kiku-7 Chaser

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Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite

F-1

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Vietnamese satellite

GIOVE-A

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testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system

Olympus-1

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communications satellite

OICETS

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Japanese communications demonstration satellite

Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

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decommissioned American X-ray telescope

Applications Technology Satellite 6

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former NASA communications and weather satellite

GeneSat-1

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NASA's nanosatellite

CASSIOPE

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Canadian Space Agency multi-mission satellite

NanoSail-D

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NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails, lost in a launch failure

Space Technology 5

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Experimental space technologies

Prisma

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Swedish satellite project

Tansei

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Japanese artificial satellite

Kosmos 2499

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Russian satellite

Jugnu

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Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite

ARGOS

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satellite

OREX

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Japanese re-entry demonstrator prototype

TurkSat-3USat

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Turkish communications nanosatellite

ESTCube-2

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Estonian nanosatellite which failed to deploy after launch

BIRD

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German infrared detection satellite

Rapid Pathfinder Prototype

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American technology demonstration satellite

Inflatable Antenna Experiment

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inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77

TET-1

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microsatellite operated by the German Aerospace Center

Genesis II

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2007

KickSat

Thing

citizen science project

BRITE-Austria

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Austrian nanosatellite observatory

USA-165

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military satellite

Banxing 1

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Chinese technology development satellite

NEE-02 Krysaor

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Ecuadorian satellite