Astronomy:List of Explorers Program missions

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This is a list of missions and spacecraft of the NASA Explorers Program. This list was originally based on data from the NSSDC master catalog listing. [1] This does not include Missions of Opportunity (MO), but does include some spacecraft with launch failures or were canceled.

Explorers missions

Spacecraft Name	Explorers #	NSSDC ID	Launch Date	Launch Vehicle
ACE	Explorer 71	1997-045A	1997-08-25	Delta II 7920
AIM	Explorer 90	2007-015A	2007-04-25	Pegasus XL
AD-A	Explorer 19	1963-053A	1963-12-19	Scout
AD-B	Explorer 24	1964-076A	1964-11-21	Scout
AD-C	Explorer 39	1968-066A	1968-08-08	Scout
AE-A	Explorer 17	1963-009A	1963-04-03	Thor-Delta
AE-B	Explorer 32	1966-044A	1966-05-25	Delta
AE-C	Explorer 51	1973-101A	1973-12-16	Delta
AE-D	Explorer 54	1975-096A	1975-10-06	Delta
AE-E	Explorer 55	1975-107A	1975-11-20	Delta
AMPTE/CCE	Explorer 65	1984-088A	1984-08-16	Delta
BE-B	Explorer 22	1964-064A	1964-10-10	Scout
BE-C	Explorer 27	1965-032A	1965-04-29	Scout
CHIPS	Explorer 82	2003-002B	2003-01-13	Delta II
COBE	Explorer 66	1989-089A	1989-11-18	Delta
DADE-A	-	-	1975-12-06	Scout
DADE-B	-	-	1975-12-06	Scout
DME-A	Explorer 31	1965-098B	1965-11-29	Thor-Agena B
Dynamics Explorer 1	Explorer 62	1981-070A	1981-08-03	Delta
Dynamics Explorer 2	Explorer 63	1981-070B	1981-08-03	Delta
EUVE	Explorer 67	1992-031A	1992-06-07	Delta II
Explorer 1	Explorer 1	1958-001A	1958-02-01	Jupiter C (Juno I)
Explorer 2	Explorer 2	EXPLR2	1958-03-05	Jupiter C (Juno I)
Explorer 3	Explorer 3	1958-003A	1958-03-26	Juno
Explorer 4	Explorer 4	1958-005A	1958-07-26	Juno
Explorer 5	Explorer 5	EXPLR5	1958-08-24	Jupiter C (Juno I)
Explorer 6	Explorer 6	1959-004A	1959-08-07	Thor-Able
Explorer 7	Explorer 7	1959-009A	1959-10-13	Juno
Explorer 7X	Explorer 7x	EXP-7X	1959-07-16	Juno 2 (Juno II)
Explorer 8	Explorer 8	1960-014A	1960-11-03	Juno
Explorer 9	Explorer 9	1961-004A	1961-02-16	Scout
Explorer 12	Explorer 12	1961-020A	1961-08-16	Thor-Delta
Explorer 14	Explorer 14	1962-051A	1962-10-02	Thor-Delta
Explorer 15	Explorer 15	1962-059A	1962-10-27	Thor-Delta
Explorer 26	Explorer 26	1964-086A	1964-12-21	Delta
Explorer 33	Explorer 33	1966-058A	1966-07-01	Delta
Explorer 35	Explorer 35	1967-070A	1967-07-19	Delta
Explorer S45	Explorer S45	EXS-451	1961-02-24	Juno
Explorer S45A	Explorer S45A	EXS-452	1961-05-24	Juno 2 (Juno II)
Explorer S55	Explorer S55	EXS-55	1961-06-30	Scout
FAST	Explorer 70	1996-049A	1996-08-21	Pegasus XL
FUSE	Explorer 77	1999-035A	1999-06-24	Delta II 7320
GALEX	Explorer 83	2003-017A	2003-04-28	Pegasus XL
GEOS 1	Explorer 29	1965-089A	1965-11-06	Delta
GEOS 2	Explorer 36	1968-002A	1968-01-11	Delta
Hawkeye 1	Explorer 52	1974-040A	1974-06-03	Scout
HCMM	Explorer 58	1978-041A	1978-04-26	Scout-F
HETE 2	Explorer 79	2000-061A	2000-10-09	Pegasus
IBEX	Explorer 91	2008-051A	2008-10-19	Pegasus XL
IE-A	Explorer 20	1964-051A	1964-08-25	Scout
IMAGE	Explorer 78	2000-017A	2000-03-25	Delta II 7326
IMP-A	Explorer 18	1963-046A	1963-11-27	Thor-Delta
IMP-B	Explorer 21	1964-060A	1964-10-04	Delta
IMP-C	Explorer 28	1965-042A	1965-05-29	Delta
IMP-F	Explorer 34	1967-051A	1967-05-24	Delta
IMP-G	Explorer 41	1969-053A	1969-06-21	Delta
IMP-H	Explorer 47	1972-073A	1972-09-23	Delta
IMP-I	Explorer 43	1971-019A	1971-03-13	Delta
IMP-J	Explorer 50	1973-078A	1973-10-26	Delta
Injun 4	Explorer 25	1964-076B	1964-11-21	Scout
Injun 5	Explorer 40	1968-066B	1968-08-08	Scout
IRIS	Explorer 94	2013-033A	2013-06-27	Pegasus XL
ISEE 1	Explorer 56	1977-102A	1977-10-22	Delta
ISEE 3	Explorer 59	1978-079A	1978-08-12	Delta
IUE	Explorer 57	1978-012A	1978-01-26	Delta
Magnetic Storm Satellite (cancelled)	Explorer-A	MSS-A	—	—
Magsat	Explorer 61	1979-094A	1979-10-30	Scout
Meteoroid Technology Satellite	Explorer 46	1972-061A	1972-08-13	Scout
NuSTAR	Explorer 93	2012-031A	2012-06-13	Pegasus XL
P 14	Explorer 10	1961-010A	1961-03-25	Thor-Delta
RAE-A	Explorer 38	1968-055A	1968-07-04	Delta
RAE-B	Explorer 49	1973-039A	1973-06-10	Delta
RHESSI	Explorer 81	2002-004A	2002-02-05	Pegasus XL
S 15	Explorer 11	1961-013A	1961-04-27	Juno
S 46A	Explorer S-46	EXS-46	1960-03-23	Juno 2 (Juno II)
S 55A	Explorer 13	1961-022A	1961-08-25	Scout
S 55B	Explorer 16	1962-070A	1962-12-16	Scout
S 55C	Explorer 23	1964-074A	1964-11-06	Scout
S 56	Explorer S-56	EXS-56	1960-12-04	Scout
S-66A	-	-	1964-03-19	Delta B
S-Cubed A	Explorer 45	1971-096A	1971-11-15	Scout
SAGE	Explorer 60	1979-013A	1979-02-18	Scout
SAMPEX	Explorer 68	1992-038A	1992-07-03	Scout
SAS-B	Explorer 48	1972-091A	1972-11-15	Scout
SAS-C	Explorer 53	1975-037A	1975-05-07	Scout
SME	Explorer 64	1981-100A	1981-10-06	Delta
SNOE	Explorer 72	1998-012A	1998-02-26	Pegasus XL
SOLRAD 8	Explorer 30	1965-093A	1965-11-19	Scout
SOLRAD 9	Explorer 37	1968-017A	1968-03-05	Scout
SOLRAD 10	Explorer 44	1971-058A	1971-07-08	Scout
SWAS	Explorer 74	1998-071A	1998-12-06	Pegasus XL
Swift	Explorer 84	2004-047A	2004-11-20	Delta II
TERRIERS	Explorer 76	1999-026A	1999-05-18	Pegasus
THEMIS-A	Explorer 85	2007-004A	2007-02-17	Delta II 7925
THEMIS-B	Explorer 86	2007-004B	2007-02-17	Delta II 7925
THEMIS-C	Explorer 87	2007-004C	2007-02-17	Delta II 7925
THEMIS-D	Explorer 88	2007-004D	2007-02-17	Delta II 7925
THEMIS-E	Explorer 89	2007-004E	2007-02-17	Delta II 7925
TRACE	Explorer 73	1998-020A	1998-04-02	Pegasus XL
TESS	Explorer 95	2018-038A	2018-04-18	Falcon 9
Uhuru	Explorer 42	1970-107A	1970-12-12	Scout
WIRE	Explorer 75	1999-011A	1999-03-05	Pegasus XL
WISE	Explorer 92	2009-071A	2009-12-14	Delta II
WMAP	Explorer 80	2001-027A	2001-06-30	Delta II
X-Ray Timing Explorer	Explorer 69	1995-074A	1995-12-30	Delta II 7920