Research Satellite

Luna 2

Vehicle

first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

Aryabhata

Vehicle

India's first satellite

Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Vehicle

NASA satellite

Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer

Vehicle

ESA satellite which mapped Earth's gravity field

Advanced Composition Explorer

Vehicle

NASA scientific satellite

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Prospero

Vehicle

British Satellite

Explorer 4

Vehicle

American research satellite launched in 1958

San Marco 1

Vehicle

first Italian satellite

Long Duration Exposure Facility

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free-flying experiment platform orbited by the Space Shuttle

Astrid-1

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

European Retrievable Carrier

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space observatory and research satellite

EarthCARE

Vehicle

joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite

Akebono

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

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NASA heliophysics satellite

MicroSCOPE

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

EPE-C

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former American research satellite

Explorer 24

Vehicle

NASA atmospheric density research satellite

DODGE

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American research satellite

Explorer S-46

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Explorer 50

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

LignoSat

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wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024

EPE-D

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former American research satellite

Explorer 13

Vehicle

American satellite

Taiyo (satellite)

Vehicle

Beacon Explorer-B

Vehicle

NASA ionospheric research satellite

HEOS 1

Vehicle

GFO

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decommissioned American military altimetry satellite

Ohzora

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

Shinsei

Vehicle

CAT-1

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ESA artificial satellite

Shijian-10

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Chinese recoverable satellite based on the FSW series

Eu:CROPIS

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German satellite

MATS

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Swedish research satellite

ESRO 1B

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research satellite operated by the European Space Research Organisation

Injun 5

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Intercosmos 15

Vehicle

Astrid-2

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

Sputnik 3

Vehicle

failed Soviet research satellite

Injun 4

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program and Injun series

Beacon Explorer-A

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

BremSat

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former German research microsatellite

CHIBIS-M

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38051

FedSat

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Australian scientific research satellite

ERS 9

Vehicle

CFESat

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US Department of Energy space-based atmospheric observatory

ESRO 4

Vehicle

ERS 13

Vehicle

HILAT

Vehicle

U.S. Air Force research satellite

ERS 6

Vehicle

IBSS-SPAS

Vehicle

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

SMOG-P

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Hungarian small satellite

ERS 17

Vehicle

Geophysical Research Satellite

Vehicle

American research satellite

Explorer S-55

Vehicle

American artificial satellite, lost in a launch failure

Polar BEAR

Vehicle

U.S. Air Force research satellite

Universitetsky-Tatyana-2

Vehicle

research & Educational Satellite

Oreol 3

Vehicle

Soviet-French research satellite

ERS 12

Vehicle

CRRES

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NASA satellite