Explorer-Program

Explorer 1 [NASA]

NuSTAR (Explorer 93) [NASA]
Explorer Name Date S LS Launch Vehicle Mass (kg) Remarks
1 Explorer 1 01.02.1958 CC Juno-1 14
2 Explorer 2 05.03.1958 F CC Juno-1 14
3 Explorer 3 26.03.1958 CC Juno-1 14
4 Explorer 4 26.07.1958 CC Juno-1 17
5 Explorer 5 24.08.1958 F CC Juno-1 17
(6) S 1 16.07.1959 F CC Juno-2 41
6 S 2 07.08.1959 CC Thor-DM18 Able-3 64
7 S 1a 13.10.1959 CC Juno-2 41
(8) S 46 23.03.1960 F CC Juno-2 41
8 S 30 03.11.1960 CC Juno-2 41
(9) S 56 04.12.1960 F WI Scout-X1 36
9 S 56a / AD 1 16.02.1961 WI Scout-X1 36
(10) S 45 25.02.1961 F CC Juno-2 34
10 P 14 25.03.1961 CC Delta 35
11 S 15 24.04.1961 CC Juno-2 43
(12) S 45a 24.05.1961 F CC Juno-2 41
(12) S 55 30.06.1961 F WI Scout-X1 85
12 EPE A / S 3 16.08.1961 CC Delta 38
13 S 55a 25.08.1961 P WI Scout-X1 85
14 EPE B / S 3a 02.10.1961 CC Delta-A 40
15 EPE C / S 3b 27.10.1962 CC Delta-A 45
16 S 55b 16.12.1962 WI Scout-X3 101
17 AE A / S 6 03.04.1963 CC Delta-B 184
18 IMP A / S 74 (IMP 1) 27.11.1963 CC Delta-C 62
19 AD A / S 56b 19.12.1963 Va Scout-X4 7
(20) BE A / S 66 19.03.1964 F CC Delta-B 120
20 IE A / S 48 25.08.1964 Va Scout-X4 44
21 IMP B (IMP 2) 04.10.1964 CC Delta-C 62
22 BE B / S 66a 10.10.1964 Va Scout-X4 53
23 S 55c 06.11.1964 WI Scout-X4 134
24 AD B / S 56c 21.11.1964 Va Scout-X4 9 with IE B
25 IE B / Injun 4 40 with AD B
26 EPE D 21.12.1964 CC Delta-C 46
27 BE C 29.04.1965 WI Scout-X4 60
28 IMP C (IMP 3) 29.05.1965 CC Delta-C 59
29 GEOS A 06.11.1965 CC Delta-E 175
30 SE A / Solrad 8 / IQSY 19.11.1965 WI Scout-X4 57
31 DME A 29.11.1965 Va Thor-DM21 Agena-B 98 with Alouette 2
32 AE B 25.05.1966 CC Delta-C1 225
33 IMP D (AIMP 1) 01.07.1966 CC Delta-E1
34 IMP F (IMP 4) 24.05.1967 Va Delta-E1 74
35 IMP E (AIMP 2) 19.07.1967 CC Delta-E1
36 GEOS B 11.01.1968 Va Delta-E1 209
37 SE B / Solrad 9 05.03.1968 WI Scout-B 90
38 RAE A 04.07.1968 Va Delta-J 188
39 AD C 08.08.1968 Va Scout-X4 9 with IE C
40 IE C / Injun 5 71 with AD C
41 IMP G (IMP 5) 21.06.1969 Va Delta-E1 79
42 SAS A / Uhuru 12.12.1970 SM Scout-B 163
43 IMP H (IMP 6) 13.03.1971 CC Delta-M6
44 SE C / Solrad 10 08.07.1971 WI Scout-B 118
45 SSS A, S-Cubed A 15.11.1971 SM Scout-B 52
46 MTS A 13.08.1972 WI Scout-D1 90
47 IMP I (IMP 7) 23.09.1972 CC Delta-1604 390
48 SAS B 15.11.1972 SM Scout-D1 186
49 RAE B 10.06.1973 CC Delta-1913
50 IMP J (IMP 8) 26.10.1973 CC Delta-1604 81
51 AE C 16.12.1973 Va Delta-1900 658
52 IE D / Injun 6 / Hawkeye 03.06.1974 Va Scout-E1 27
53 SAS C 04.05.1975 SM Scout-F1 195
54 AE D 06.10.1975 Va Delta-2910 676
55 AE E 20.11.1975 CC Delta-2910 721
(56) DAD A 05.12.1975 F Va Scout-F1 40 with DAD B
(57) DAD B 9 with DAD A
56 ISEE 1 22.10.1977 CC Delta-2914 with ISEE 2
57 IUE 26.01.1978 CC Delta-2914 1479 / 669
58 HCMM (AEM 1) 26.04.1978 Va Scout-D1 134
59 ISEE 3 → ICE 12.08.1978 CC Delta-2914 469
60 SAGE (AEM 2) 18.02.1979 WI Scout-D1 147
61 Magsat (AEM 3) 30.10.1979 Va Scout-G1 181
62 DE 1 03.08.1981 P Va Delta-3913 400 with DE 2
63 DE 2 400 with DE 1
64 SME 06.10.1981 Va Delta-2310 437 with Oscar 9
65 CCE (AMPTE 1) 16.08.1984 CC Delta-3924 240 with IRM, UKS
66 COBE 18.11.1989 Va Delta-5920 2250
67 EUVE 07.06.1992 CC Delta-6920-10 3256
68 SAMPEX (SMEX 1) 03.02.1992 Va Scout-G1 158
69 XTE (RXTE) 30.12.1995 CC Delta-7920-10 3045
70 FAST (SMEX 2) 21.08.1996 Va Pegasus-XL 180
71 ACE 05.08.1997 CC Delta-7920-8 765
72 SNOE (STEDI 1) 25.02.1998 Va Pegasus-XL 132 with Batsat
73 TRACE (SMEX 4) 01.04.1998 Va Pegasus-XL 225
74 SWAS (SMEX 3) 05.12.1998 WI Pegasus-XL 283
75 WIRE (SMEX 5) 04.03.1999 Va Pegasus-XL 275
76 TERRIERS (STEDI 2) 18.05.1999 Va Pegasus-XL HAPS 121 with MUBLCOM
77 FUSE (MIDEX 0) 24.06.1999 CC Delta-7320-10C 1360
78 IMAGE (MIDEX 1) 25.03.2000 Va Delta-7326 494
79 HETE 2 09.10.2000 Kw Pegasus-H 124
80 MAP (WMAP, MIDEX 2) 30.06.2001 CC Delta-7425-10C 800
81 HESSI (RHESSI, SMEX 6) 05.02.2002 CC Pegasus-XL 293
(Int) INTEGRAL 17.10.2002 TB Proton-K Blok-DM2 Participation on INTEGRAL
82 CHIPSat (UNEX 1) 13.01.2003 Va Delta-7320-10C 60 with ICESAT
83 GALEX (SMEX 7) 28.04.2003 CC Pegasus-XL 312
84 Swift (MIDEX 3) 20.11.2004 CC Delta-7320-10C 1331
(MoO) Astro E2 10.07.2005 Ka M-5 (2) Instrument on Astro E2
85 THEMIS P1 (MIDEX 5A) → ARTEMIS P1 17.02.2007 CC Delta-7925-10C 100 with THEMIS P2, P3, P4, P5
86 THEMIS P2 (MIDEX 5B) → ARTEMIS P2 100 with THEMIS P1, P3, P4, P5
87 THEMIS P3 (MIDEX 5C) 100 with THEMIS P1, P2, P4, P5
88 THEMIS P4 (MIDEX 5D) 100 with THEMIS P1, P2, P3, P5
89 THEMIS P5 (MIDEX 5E) 100 with THEMIS P1, P2, P3, P4
(MoO) TWINS A 28.06.2006 Va Delta-4M+(4,2) Payload on Trumpet F/O 1
90 AIM (SMEX 9) 25.04.2007 Va Pegasus-XL 200
(MoO) TWINS B 13.03.2008 Va Atlas-5(411) Payload on Trumpet F/O 2
(MoO) CINDI 16.04.2008 Kw Pegasus-XL Instruments on C/NOFS
91 IBEX (SMEX 10) 19.10.2008 Kw Pegasus-XL [Star-27] 41
92 WISE (MIDEX 6) 14.12.2009 Va Delta-7320-10C 532
93 NuSTAR (SMEX 11) 13.06.2012 Kw Pegasus-XL 360



Planned:
 
Explorer Name Date Suc LS Launch Vehicle Mass (kg) Remarks
IRIS (SMEX 12) xx.06.2013 Va Pegasus-XL 236
(MoO) NeXT xx.xx.2014 H-2A Instrument on Astro H
TESS (Astro-EX 1) xx.xx.2017
(MoO) NICER xx.xx.2017 Falcon-9 v1.1 or H-2B Instrument on ISS
ICON (Helio-EX 1) xx.xx.2017
(MoO) GOLD xx.xx.2017 Instrument on GEO comsat



Cancelled or status unclear:
 

Explorer Name Date Suc LS Launch Vehicle Mass (kg) Remarks
Owl 1 cancelled 1966 ? Va Scout-A 70
Owl 2 cancelled 1966 ? Va Scout-A 70
MSS A cancelled 197x? WI Scout-B ? 36
CATSAT (STEDI 3) cancelled Va Delta-7320-10C 109 with ICESAT
IMEX (UNEX 2) cancelled CC Titan-402B IUS with DSP 22
FAME (MIDEX 4) cancelled CC Delta-7425-10C
SPIDR (SMEX 8) cancelled 2003 Va Pegasus-XL [Star-26C]
GEMS (SMEX 13) cancelled 2012 CC Pegasus-XL * 267

* = Launch vehicle baselined

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