Research Satellite

Luna 2

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first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

Aryabhata

Vehicle

India's first satellite

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Explorer 4

Vehicle

American research satellite launched in 1958

San Marco 1

Vehicle

first Italian satellite

Astrid-1

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

EarthCARE

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joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite

MicroSCOPE

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research satellite launched in 2016 which measured the universality of free fall

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

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NASA heliophysics satellite

EPE-C

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former American research satellite

Akebono

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Japanese research satellite

Explorer S-46

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

DODGE

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American research satellite

Explorer 24

Vehicle

NASA atmospheric density research satellite

LignoSat

Vehicle

wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024

Beacon Explorer-B

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NASA ionospheric research satellite

EPE-D

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former American research satellite

Taiyo (satellite)

Vehicle

Explorer 13

Vehicle

American satellite

Ohzora

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Japanese research satellite

Shinsei

Vehicle

CAT-1

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ESA artificial satellite

GFO

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decommissioned American military altimetry satellite

Beacon Explorer-A

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NASA research satellite of the Explorer program, lost due to a launch failure

Astrid-2

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Swedish research satellite

FedSat

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Australian scientific research satellite

Injun 5

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NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Eu:CROPIS

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German satellite

ESRO 1B

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research satellite operated by the European Space Research Organisation

MATS

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Swedish research satellite

Intercosmos 15

Vehicle

CHIBIS-M

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38051

Sputnik 3

Vehicle

failed Soviet research satellite

Injun 4

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NASA satellite of the Explorer program and Injun series

ERS 12

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ERS 6

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Universitetsky-Tatyana-2

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research & Educational Satellite

CRRES

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NASA satellite

ERS 17

Vehicle

HILAT

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U.S. Air Force research satellite

ERS 9

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Explorer S-55

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American artificial satellite, lost in a launch failure

CFESat

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US Department of Energy space-based atmospheric observatory

LOFTI-1

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Polar BEAR

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U.S. Air Force research satellite

Geophysical Research Satellite

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American research satellite

IBSS-SPAS

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free-flying experiment carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-39

ESRO 4

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Oreol 3

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Soviet-French research satellite

ERS 13

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SMOG-P

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Hungarian small satellite

TeikyoSat-3

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Japanese life sciences satellite

Колибри-2000

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Pegasus

Vehicle

Austrian CubeSat

Kagayaki

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

OGO 2

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

SpinSat

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small research satellite operated by the Naval Research Laboratory

CAT-4

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ESA artificial satellite

CAT-3

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ESA artificial satellite

OGO 1

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American geophysical research satellite