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Spacecraft |
Launch Date |
| S-46 | Mar. 23, 1960 - (Launch failure) Launch vehicle: Juno II |
| Iowa 1 (Injun 1) | June 29, 1961 Launch vehicle: Thor/Able Star/Air Force End of flight: March 5, 1963 Mission objective: To study charged particles trapped in Earth's magnetosphere |
| Iowa 2 (Injun 2) | Jan. 24, 1962 - (failed to reach orbit) Launch vehicle: Thor/Able Star/Air Force |
| Iowa 3 (Injun 3) | Dec. 12, 1962 Launch vehicle: Thor/Agena End of flight: Nov. 5, 1963 Mission Objective: To study charged particles trapped in Earth's magnetosphere |
| Iowa 4 (Injun 4; aka Explorer 25) | Nov. 21, 1964 Launch vehicle: Scout End of flight: Jul. 20, 1966 |
| Iowa 5 (Injun 5; aka Explorer 40) | Aug. 8, 1968 Launch vehicle: Scout End of flight: Jun. 7, 1971 |
| Hawkeye 1 (Explorer 52) | Jun. 3, 1974 Launch vehicle: Scout End of flight: Apr. 28, 1978 |
| Plasma Diagnostics Package | Mar. 22, 1982 Launch vehicle: Columbia space shuttle Mission: STS-3; OSS-1 mission End of flight: March 30, 1982 |
| Plasma Diagnostics Package | Jul. 29, 1985 Launch vehicle: Challenger space shuttle Mission: 51-F; Spacelab 2 End of flight: Aug. 6, 1985 |
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