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Project Pilot | NOTS 2

US Navy | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The project pilot payloads were small cylindrical satellites. These missions intended to be the first to launch a satellite from an aircraft. They had only a single instrument, a very primitive infrared line scanning device to make IR images of the ground.

Low Earth Orbit
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Juno-I | Explorer 4

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

An American satellite in order to study the Van Allen radiation belts and the effects of nuclear explosions upon these belts.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Project Pilot | NOTS 1

US Navy | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

The project pilot payloads were small cylindrical satellites. These missions intended to be the first to launch a satellite from an aircraft. They had only a single instrument, a very primitive infrared line scanning device to make IR images of the ground.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Sputnik 8A91 | D1- 2

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite to reach orbit.

Low Earth Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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Sputnik 8A91 | D-1 1

Energia | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First complex scientific satellite with 12 experiments and a total mass of1327 kg. It failed to reach orbit due to a launch vehicle failure.

Low Earth Orbit
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Juno-I | Explorer 3

Chrysler | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite launched into an eccentric orbit with a cosmic ray counter and a micrometeorite detector.

Elliptical Orbit
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Vanguard | Vanguard

Lockheed Martin | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Small satellite used to test the Vanguard three-stage launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit
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