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Spacecraft |
Country ranks |
Launch
date |
.. |
Mission |
Sponsor |
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1
9 5 7 |
(2Ttec hnology
satellites in 3 missions = 67 %) |
1) |
Sputnik |
1st
Soviet |
4
Oct 57 |
|
Science
& technology |
Korolev's
OKB-1 |
2) |
Vanguard
TV-3 |
1st American |
6 Dec 57 |
|
Technology
(failure) |
U.S.
Navy |
1
9 5 8 |
(1 Technology satellite
in 28 missions = 4 %) |
1
9 5 9 |
(0 technology satellite
in 24 missions = 0 %) |
None
1
9 6 0 |
(0 technology satellite
in 44 missions = 0 %) |
None
1
9 6 1 |
(0 technology satellites
in 60 missions = 0 %) |
None
1
9 6 2 |
(0 Technology satellite
in 96 missions = 0 %) |
1
9 6 3 |
(2 Technology satellite
in 97 missions = 2 %) |
1
9 6 4 |
(5 Technology satellites
in 127 missions = 4 %) |
1
9 6 5 |
(8 Technology satellites
in 180 missions = 4 %) |
1
9 6 6 |
(6 Technology satellites
in 174 missions = 3 %) |
19) |
Surveyor
Model 3 (AC-7) |
17th
American |
6 Apr
66 |
|
Launch vehicle
test |
NASA |
20) |
Apollo
2 / AS-203 |
18th
American |
5 Jul 66 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
NASA |
21) |
"Osumi
#1" |
1st Japanses |
26 Jul 66 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
Japan (ISAS) |
22) |
Surveyor
Model 4 (AC-10) |
19th
American |
25 Oct 66 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
NASA |
23) |
ATS
1 |
20th
American |
7 Dec 66 |
|
Communications and
meteorological experiments |
NASA |
24) |
"Osumi
#2" |
2nd Japanese |
20 Dec 66 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
Japan (ISAS) |
1
9 6 7 |
(6 Technology satellites
in 172 missions = 3 %) |
25) |
ATS
2 |
21st
American |
6 Apr
67 |
|
Communications
test |
NASA |
26) |
Research
Payload Module 481 |
22nd
American |
6 Apr 67 |
|
|
NASA |
27) |
"Osumi
3" |
3rd Japanese |
13 Apr 67 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
Japan (ISAS) |
28) |
Kosmos
159 / E-6LS 111 |
2nd Soviet |
16 May 67 |
|
Tracking and communications
net- works test for piloted lunar program |
Soviet Union |
29) |
ATS
3 |
23rd
American |
5 Nov 67 |
|
Communications test |
NASA |
30) |
TTS
1 |
24th
American |
13 Dec 67 |
|
Tested Apollo tracking network |
NASA |
1
9 6 8 |
(3 Technology satellites
in 166 missions = 2 %) |
31) |
ATS
4 |
25th
American |
10
Aug 68 |
|
|
NASA |
32) |
TTS
2 / TETR 2 |
26th
American |
8 Nov 68 |
|
Test of NASA Manned
Space Flight Network |
NASA |
33) |
STV
1 |
2nd Europe |
29 Nov 68 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
Europe (ELDO) |
1
9 6 9 |
(6 Technology satellites
in 155 missions = 4 %) |
34) |
STV
2 |
3rd European |
2 Jul
69 |
|
Launch vehicle
test |
Europe (ELDO) |
35) |
PAC
1 |
27th
American |
9 Aug 69 |
|
Gravity-gradient stabilization
tests |
NASA |
36) |
ATS
5 |
28th
American |
12 Aug 69 |
|
Communications test |
NASA |
37) |
TTS
3 / TETR C |
29th
American |
27 Aug 69 |
|
Communications network test |
NASA |
38) |
"Osumi
4" |
4th Japanese |
22 Sep 69 |
|
Launch vehicle test |
Japan (ISAS) |
39) |
"Chinasat
0" |
1st Chinese |
4 or 16 Nov 69 |
|
Launch vehicle test,
1er Chinese launch attempt |
China |
1
9 7 0 |
(6 technology satellites
in 142 missions = %) |
1
9 7 1 |
(5 technology satellites
in 175 missions = %) |
1
9 7 2 |
(2 technology satelliteS
in 143 missions = %) |
1
9 7 3 |
(2 technology satellites
in 146 missions = %) |
1
9 7 4 |
(7 technology satellites
in 136 missions = %) |
1
9 7 5 |
(5 technology satellites
in 168 missions = %) |
1
9 7 6 |
(1 technology satellite
in 164 missions = %) |
1
9 7 7 |
(4 technology satellites
in 147 missions = %) |
1
9 7 8 |
(4 technology satellites
in 174 missions = %) |
1
9 7 9 |
(2 technology satellites
in 134 missions = %) |
1
9 8 0 |
(7 technology satellites
in 144 missions = %) |
1
9 8 1 |
(3 technology satellites
in 160 missions = %) |
1
9 8 2 |
(1 technology satellite
in 160 missions = %) |
1
9 8 3 |
(1 technology satellite
in 162 missions = %) |
1
9 8 4 |
(2 technology satellites
in 169 missions = %) |
1
9 8 5 |
(2 technology satellites
in 173 missions = %) |
1
9 8 6 |
(2 technology satellites
in 151 missions = %) |
1
9 8 7 |
(1 technology satellite
in 141 missions = %) |
1
9 8 8 |
(0 technology satellite
in 155 missions = 0%) |
None.
1
9 8 9 |
(0 technology satellite
in 139 missions = 0%) |
None.
1
9 9 0 |
(2 technology satellites
in 173 missions = 0%) |
1
9 9 1 |
(0 technology satellite
in 143 missions = %) |
None
1
9 9 2 |
(4 technology satellites
in 135 missions = %) |
1
9 9 3 |
(4 technology satellites
in 118 missions = %) |
1
9 9 4 |
(7 technology satellites
in 130 missions = %) |
1
9 9 5 |
(4 technology satellites
in 113 missions = %) |
1
9 9 6 |
(3 technology satellites
in 112 missions = %) |
1
9 9 7 |
(8 technology satellites
in 158 missions = %) |
1
9 9 8 |
(9 technology satellites
in 174 missions = %) |
1
9 9 9 |
(8 technology satellites
in 133 missions = %) |
2
0 0 0 |
(17 technology
satellites in 131 missions = %) |
2
0 0 1 |
(9 technology satellites
in 93 missions = %) |
2
0 0 2 |
(14 technology
satellites in 101 missions = %) |
2
0 0 3 |
(10 technology
satellites in 97 missions = %) |
2
0 0 4 |
(3 technology
satellites in 77 missions = 4 %) |
2
0 0 5 |
(15 technology
satellites in 78 missions = 18 %) |
2
0 0 6 |
(10 technology
satellites in 116 missions = 9 %) |
.
2
0 0 7 |
(10 technology
satellites in 123 missions = 8 %) |
2
0 0 8 |
(9 technology
satellites in 111 missions = 9 %) |
2
0 0 9 |
(18 technology
satellites in 129 missions =14 %) |
2
0 1 0 |
(16 technology
satellites in 129 missions = 12 %) |
2
0 1 1 |
(7 technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 2 |
(7 technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 3 |
(27 technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 4 |
( technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 5 |
(56 technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 6 |
(49 technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 7 |
( technology
satellites in missions = %) |
2
0 1 8 |
( technology
satellites in missions = %) |
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