Technology Demonstration Spacecraft

Vanguard 1

Vehicle

fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

ESTCube-1

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

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

Saturn I SA-5

Vehicle

American rocket launch vehicle

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

A-102

Vehicle

1964 Saturn I failure

PROBA-2

Vehicle

ESA technology demonstration satellite

Artemis

Vehicle

decommissioned ESA communication satellite

PROBA-1

Vehicle

ESA Earth observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

Vehicle

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

NEE-01 Pegaso

Vehicle

Ecuadorian satellite

WINDS

Vehicle

Japanese communication satellite

Space Capsule Recovery Experiment

Vehicle

Indian experimental reentry capsule

MaSat-1

Vehicle

Satellite

PROBA-V

Vehicle

ESA Earth observation satellite

SNAP-10A

Vehicle

experimental nuclear reactor launched into space in 1965

NanoSail-D2

Vehicle

NASA CubeSat designed to test deployment of solar sails

Gaganyaan-1

Event

Indian spaceflight, planned 2024

Genesis I

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2006

Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

Vehicle

experimental test space vehicle

Chollian

Vehicle

communications satellite

PoSAT-1

Vehicle

Portuguese satellite

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

GIOVE-A

Vehicle

testbed satellite for the Galileo navigation system

OICETS

Vehicle

Japanese communications demonstration satellite

F-1

Vehicle

Vietnamese satellite

Kiku-7 Chaser

Vehicle

Japanese rendezvous demonstration satellite

Olympus-1

Vehicle

communications satellite

GeneSat-1

Vehicle

NASA's nanosatellite

CASSIOPE

Vehicle

Canadian Space Agency multi-mission satellite

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

Applications Technology Satellite 6

Vehicle

former NASA communications and weather satellite

Kosmos 2499

Vehicle

Russian satellite

OREX

Vehicle

Japanese re-entry demonstrator prototype

Tansei

Vehicle

Japanese artificial satellite

Jugnu

Vehicle

Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite

ARGOS

Vehicle

satellite

BRITE-Austria

Vehicle

Austrian nanosatellite observatory

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

USA-165

Vehicle

military satellite

NEE-02 Krysaor

Vehicle

Ecuadorian satellite

KickSat

Thing

citizen science project

Banxing 1

Vehicle

Chinese technology development satellite

BIRD

Vehicle

German infrared detection satellite

Inflatable Antenna Experiment

Vehicle

inflatable satellite experiment launched by STS-77

TurkSat-3USat

Vehicle

Turkish communications nanosatellite

ESTCube-2

Vehicle

Estonian nanosatellite which failed to deploy after launch

TET-1

Vehicle

microsatellite operated by the German Aerospace Center

Genesis II

Place

experimental space habitat, launched in 2007

Kiku-8

Vehicle

Japanese communications demonstration satellite

Nimbus 1

Vehicle

U.S. meteorological satellite

Niwaka

Vehicle

Japanese CubeSat satellite