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

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joint European/Japanese Earth research satellite

EPE-C

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former American research satellite

Akebono

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

MicroSCOPE

Vehicle

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

Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe

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NASA heliophysics satellite

Explorer S-46

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

DODGE

Vehicle

American research satellite

Explorer 24

Vehicle

NASA atmospheric density research satellite

Taiyo (satellite)

Vehicle

Beacon Explorer-B

Vehicle

NASA ionospheric research satellite

Explorer 13

Vehicle

American satellite

EPE-D

class

former American research satellite

LignoSat

Vehicle

wooden CubeSat deployed from the ISS in 2024

GFO

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decommissioned American military altimetry satellite

Shinsei

Vehicle

Ohzora

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

CAT-1

Vehicle

ESA artificial satellite

Eu:CROPIS

Vehicle

German satellite

Injun 4

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program and Injun series

Astrid-2

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

MATS

Vehicle

Swedish research satellite

ESRO 1B

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research satellite operated by the European Space Research Organisation

Beacon Explorer-A

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

CHIBIS-M

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38051

FedSat

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Australian scientific research satellite

Sputnik 3

Vehicle

failed Soviet research satellite

Intercosmos 15

Vehicle

Injun 5

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

ESRO 4

Vehicle

IBSS-SPAS

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

ERS 13

Vehicle

Geophysical Research Satellite

Vehicle

American research satellite

ERS 17

Vehicle

CFESat

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US Department of Energy space-based atmospheric observatory

HILAT

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U.S. Air Force research satellite

CRRES

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NASA satellite

ERS 12

Vehicle

ERS 9

Vehicle

Oreol 3

Vehicle

Soviet-French research satellite

Explorer S-55

Vehicle

American artificial satellite, lost in a launch failure

ERS 6

Vehicle

SMOG-P

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Hungarian small satellite

LOFTI-1

Vehicle

Polar BEAR

Vehicle

U.S. Air Force research satellite

United Kingdom Subsatellite

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United Kingdom satellite in the Explorer program

SpinSat

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small research satellite operated by the Naval Research Laboratory

Kagayaki

Vehicle

Japanese research satellite

Колибри-2000

Vehicle

Minisatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata

Vehicle

small satellite technology demonstrator

OGO 3

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

CAT-3

Vehicle

ESA artificial satellite

OGO 1

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite

Tatiana

Vehicle

Russian artificial satellite

Injun 3

Vehicle

American geophysical research satellite