Technology Demonstration Spacecraft

Vanguard 1

Vehicle

fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

ESTCube-1

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite

Ohsumi

Vehicle

first Japanese satellite put into orbit

Clementine

Vehicle

American lunar orbiter

Astérix

Vehicle

French satellite

IKAROS

Vehicle

uncrewed Japanese experimental solar sail space probe

LISA Pathfinder

Vehicle

ESA spacecraft that was launched on December 3, 2015

Saturn I SA-5

Vehicle

American rocket launch vehicle

Cosmos 1

Vehicle

solar sail project

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

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North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

A-102

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1964 Saturn I failure

PROBA-1

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ESA Earth observation satellite

PROBA-2

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ESA technology demonstration satellite

Artemis

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decommissioned ESA communication satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

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

MaSat-1

Vehicle

Satellite

Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite

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asteroid monitoring microsatellite from Canada

WINDS

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Japanese communication satellite

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

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Indian experimental reentry capsule

NEE-01 Pegaso

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Ecuadorian satellite

SNAP-10A

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experimental nuclear reactor launched into space in 1965

NanoSail-D2

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NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails

PROBA-V

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ESA Earth observation satellite

Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

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experimental test space vehicle

Gaganyaan-1

Event

Indian spaceflight, planned 2024

Genesis I

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2006

Chollian

Vehicle

communications satellite

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

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NASA vehicle which tested an inflatable reentry system

PoSAT-1

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Portuguese satellite

F-1

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Vietnamese satellite

GIOVE-A

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testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system

Kiku-7 Chaser

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Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite

Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

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decommissioned American X-ray telescope

Olympus-1

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communications satellite

Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology

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former NASA spacecraft which tested autonomous navigation and rendezvous

OICETS

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Japanese communications demonstration satellite

Prisma

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Swedish satellite project

Applications Technology Satellite 6

Vehicle

former NASA communications and weather satellite

CASSIOPE

Vehicle

Canadian Space Agency multi-mission satellite

Space Technology 5

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Experimental space technologies

GeneSat-1

Vehicle

NASA's nanosatellite

NanoSail-D

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

Kosmos 2499

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Russian satellite

ARGOS

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satellite

Tansei

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Japanese artificial satellite

Jugnu

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Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite

OREX

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Japanese re-entry demonstrator prototype

TET-1

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microsatellite operated by the German Aerospace Center

Genesis II

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2007

Inflatable Antenna Experiment

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inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77

Rapid Pathfinder Prototype

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American technology demonstration satellite

BRITE-Austria

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Austrian nanosatellite observatory

NEE-02 Krysaor

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Ecuadorian satellite

Banxing 1

Vehicle

Chinese technology development satellite

BIRD

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German infrared detection satellite

ESTCube-2

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Estonian nanosatellite which failed to deploy after launch

USA-165

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military satellite

KickSat

Thing

citizen science project

Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

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former JAXA satellite which demonstrated operations in very low Earth orbit