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

Astérix

Vehicle

French satellite

LISA Pathfinder

Vehicle

ESA spacecraft that was launched on December 3, 2015

Cosmos 1

Vehicle

solar sail project

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

A-102

Vehicle

1964 Saturn I failure

PROBA-1

Vehicle

ESA Earth observation satellite

Artemis

Vehicle

decommissioned ESA communication satellite

PROBA-2

Vehicle

ESA technology demonstration satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

Vehicle

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

WINDS

Vehicle

Japanese communication satellite

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

Vehicle

Indian experimental reentry capsule

NEE-01 Pegaso

Vehicle

Ecuadorian satellite

MaSat-1

Vehicle

Satellite

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

Gaganyaan-1

Event

Indian spaceflight, planned 2024

PoSAT-1

Vehicle

Portuguese satellite

Chollian

Vehicle

communications satellite

Genesis I

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2006

Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

Vehicle

experimental test space vehicle

GIOVE-A

Vehicle

testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system

Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors

Vehicle

decommissioned American X-ray telescope

Kiku-7 Chaser

Vehicle

Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite

F-1

Vehicle

Vietnamese satellite

Olympus-1

Vehicle

communications satellite

OICETS

Vehicle

Japanese communications demonstration satellite

Applications Technology Satellite 6

Vehicle

former NASA communications and weather satellite

GeneSat-1

Vehicle

NASA's nanosatellite

NanoSail-D

Vehicle

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

Prisma

Vehicle

Swedish satellite project

Space Technology 5

Vehicle

Experimental space technologies

CASSIOPE

Vehicle

Canadian Space Agency multi-mission satellite

ARGOS

Vehicle

satellite

Tansei

Vehicle

Japanese artificial satellite

Jugnu

Vehicle

Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite

Kosmos 2499

Vehicle

Russian satellite

OREX

Vehicle

Japanese re-entry demonstrator prototype

BRITE-Austria

Vehicle

Austrian nanosatellite observatory

Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

Vehicle

former JAXA satellite which demonstrated operations in very low Earth orbit

ESTCube-2

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite which failed to deploy after launch

Rapid Pathfinder Prototype

Vehicle

American technology demonstration satellite

NEE-02 Krysaor

Vehicle

Ecuadorian satellite

Inflatable Antenna Experiment

Vehicle

inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77

Genesis II

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2007

TurkSat-3USat

Vehicle

Turkish communications nanosatellite

TET-1

Vehicle

microsatellite operated by the German Aerospace Center

USA-165

Vehicle

military satellite

BIRD

Vehicle

German infrared detection satellite

KickSat

Thing

citizen science project

PicoDragon

Vehicle

39413

Kiku-8

Vehicle

Japanese communications demonstration satellite

Nimbus 7

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Stanford Audiophonic Photographic Infrared Experiment

Thing

amateur radio satellite

Nimbus 1

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

BeeSat-1

Vehicle

German satellite