Technology Demonstration Spacecraft

ICUBE-Q

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Pakistani and Chinese lunar satellite

Nimbus 4

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U.S. meteorological satellite

Al Farabi-1

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42016

Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator

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NASA spacecraft which tested an inflatable reentry system

CubeBug-1

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Cubesat built in Argentina

CubETH

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Swiss satellite project

Lincoln Experimental Satellite 4

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former American communications satellite

USA-158

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American geosynchronous military spacecraft of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) fleet

Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite II

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Japanese tethered nano-satellite which reentered in 2014

Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer

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American technology demonstration satellite

StudSat

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Indian student developed CubeSat

PSSC-2

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miniaturized satellite operated by the United States Air Force

ANGELS

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U.S. Air Force small satellite

BGUSAT

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Ben Gurion University cubesat, technology demonstration and atmospheric sensing

GIOVE-B

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testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system

Ofeq-1

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Israeli technology demonstration satellite

CanX-6

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Canadian technology demonstration nanosatellite used to track ships

SERVIS-2

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36588

Horyu 2

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Japanese small technology demonstration satellite

NEXTSat

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DARPA technology demonstration satellite

Rubin-8

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Shijian-12

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BlueWalker 1

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American communications and technology demonstration satellite

ArduSat 1

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39412

ISTSat-1

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Portuguese nanosatellite

Multispectral Thermal Imager

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former American quasi-military reconnaissance spacecraft

SRET 1

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Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System

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Radar Fence Transponder

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former American amateur radio satellite

Seeker

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CubeSat built to demonstrate inspection of other spacecraft

Tansei 4

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Minisatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata

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small satellite technology demonstrator

TechEdSat 3p

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ATL-1

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Hungarian amateur radio satellite and technology testing satellite

Cornell University Satellite

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American technology demonstration satellite

Kiku-4

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Japanese technology demonstration satellite

Shijian-11-01

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shijian 11-01 satellite

SOMP

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German technology demonstration satellite

STSS-ATRR

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technology demonstration satellite operated by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency

Tansei 3

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Advanced Avionics Module

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Indian satellite

Microsat-TD

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Indian Earth observation satellite

EXPRESS

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orbital space experiment recovery system, lost due to a launch failure

Tansei 2

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GRBBeta

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Slovakian/Hungarian technology demonstration CubeSat

Wide-field of View Testbed

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American experimental early warning satellite

North Utah Satellite

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American technology demonstration satellite

Compass-2

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the second satellite series designed by FH Aachen and RWTH Aachen students

EnduroSat One

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CubeSat launched from the ISS in 2018

Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher

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U.S. amateur radio satellite

Tatiana

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Russian artificial satellite

Kiku-5

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Japanese technology demonstration satellite

ITF-1

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Japanese technology demonstration CubeSat

Kiku-6

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Japanese technology demonstration satellite

NEXTSat-2

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South Korea's small satellite launched in 2023

Nimbus 6

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U.S. meteorological satellite

TeikyoSat-3

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Japanese life sciences satellite

TSX-5

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FASTRAC 1

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technology demonstration satellite developed by the University of Texas at Austin

TIsat-1

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