Prototype

Vanguard 1

Vehicle

fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

Clementine

Vehicle

American lunar orbiter

Ares I-X

class

prototype and design concept demonstrator rocket

Kosmos 1

Vehicle

Soviet research satellite

Saturn-Apollo 5

Vehicle

fifth test flight and first orbital flight of the Saturn I

SM-65B Atlas

class

prototype of the Atlas missile

A-102

Vehicle

1964 Saturn I failure

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite, lost in a launch failure

McDonnell Douglas DC-X

Vehicle

prototype single-stage-to-orbit rocket

NEE-01 Pegaso

Vehicle

Ecuadorian satellite

Space Reactor‑1 Freedom

Vehicle

proposed nuclear-powered spacecraft

SNAP-10A

Vehicle

experimental nuclear reactor launched into space in 1965

NanoSail-D2

Vehicle

NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

Vehicle

NASA vehicle which tested an inflatable reentry system

Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

Vehicle

decommissioned American X-ray telescope

Kiku-7 Chaser

Vehicle

Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite

Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology

Vehicle

former NASA spacecraft which tested autonomous navigation and rendezvous

GeneSat-1

Vehicle

NASA's nanosatellite

Delfi-C3

Vehicle

Dutch CubeSat satellite

NanoSail-D

Vehicle

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

Applications Technology Satellite 6

Vehicle

former NASA communications and weather satellite

Space Technology 5

Vehicle

Experimental space technologies

DragonFly

Vehicle

prototype Crew Dragon space capsule manufactured by SpaceX

TacSat-4

Vehicle

U.S. military experimental reconnaissance and communication satellite

FORTE

Vehicle

American experimental military satellite

Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

Vehicle

former JAXA satellite which demonstrated operations in very low Earth orbit

Rapid Pathfinder Prototype

Vehicle

American technology demonstration satellite

Inflatable Antenna Experiment

Vehicle

inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77

USA-165

Vehicle

military satellite

KickSat

Thing

citizen science project

Nimbus 7

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Project Morpheus

Vehicle

NASA vertical landing and takeoff test vehicle

Stanford Audiophonic Photographic Infrared Experiment

Thing

amateur radio satellite

TacSat-1

Vehicle

American communications satellite

BHUTAN-1

Vehicle

First Bhutanese satellite

Nimbus 1

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

AERCam Sprint

Event

free-flying robotic system on STS-87

Nimbus 2

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Green Propellant Infusion Mission

Vehicle

former NASA satellite which tested a new chemical propellant

RemoveDEBRIS

Vehicle

project to demonstrate various space debris removal technologies

FASTSAT-HSV01

Vehicle

NASA technology demonstration small satellite

Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1

Vehicle

American communications satellite which stopped transmitting in 1967, but resumed c. 2012

Scarab

Vehicle

robotic lunar rover prototype

Nimbus 4

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Nimbus 3

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator

Vehicle

NASA spacecraft which tested an inflatable reentry system

Lincoln Experimental Satellite 2

Vehicle

former American communications satellite

Nimbus B

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite, lost in a launch failure

GROVER

Thing

rover prototype of NASA used for Earth-bound projects

STSS-ATRR

Vehicle

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

Seeker

Vehicle

CubeSat built to demonstrate inspection of other spacecraft

Harvard Mark I

Product

early American computer

ESTCube-1

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite

Ohsumi

Vehicle

first Japanese satellite put into orbit

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

Earth Simulator

SoftwareApplication

highly parallel vector supercomputer system for running global climate models

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure