Research Satellite

Luna 2

Vehicle

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

Vehicle

joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite

MicroSCOPE

Vehicle

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

EPE-C

class

former American research satellite

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics satellite

Akebono

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

DODGE

Vehicle

American research satellite

Explorer S-46

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Explorer 24

Vehicle

NASA atmospheric density research satellite

Beacon Explorer-B

Vehicle

NASA ionospheric research satellite

LignoSat

Vehicle

wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024

Explorer 13

Vehicle

American satellite

Taiyo (satellite)

Vehicle

EPE-D

class

former American research satellite

Ohzora

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

CAT-1

Vehicle

ESA artificial satellite

Shinsei

Vehicle

Sputnik 3

Vehicle

failed Soviet research satellite

Intercosmos 15

Vehicle

CHIBIS-M

Vehicle

38051

Injun 4

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program and Injun series

FedSat

Vehicle

Australian scientific research satellite

Injun 5

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Eu:CROPIS

Vehicle

German satellite

ESRO 1B

Vehicle

research satellite operated by the European Space Research Organisation

MATS

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

Beacon Explorer-A

Vehicle

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

Astrid-2

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

ERS 12

Vehicle

HILAT

Vehicle

U.S. Air Force research satellite

ESRO 4

Vehicle

CRRES

Vehicle

NASA satellite

IBSS-SPAS

Vehicle

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

SMOG-P

Vehicle

Hungarian small satellite

ERS 9

Vehicle

ERS 17

Vehicle

ERS 13

Vehicle

Oreol 3

Vehicle

Soviet-French research satellite

CFESat

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US Department of Energy space-based atmospheric observatory

Geophysical Research Satellite

Vehicle

American research satellite

Explorer S-55

Vehicle

American artificial satellite, lost in a launch failure

ERS 6

Vehicle

Polar BEAR

Vehicle

U.S. Air Force research satellite

LOFTI-1

Vehicle

Minisatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata

Vehicle

small satellite technology demonstrator

Pegasus

Vehicle

Austrian CubeSat

United Kingdom Subsatellite

Vehicle

United Kingdom satellite in the Explorer program

OGO 1

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

CAT-3

Vehicle

ESA artificial satellite

OGO 2

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

Reflector

Vehicle

space debris research microsatellite built in Russia by NII KP for the United States Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland AFB

Tatiana

Vehicle

Russian artificial satellite

Kagayaki

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

OGO 3

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

Ion Release Module

Vehicle

German satellite in the Explorer program