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! colspan="2" |Satellite

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! rowspan="2" |Decay Datedate

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| Explorer-92

| 14 December 2009

| Mission operations Completed on 31 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neowise/nasas-neowise-infrared-heritage-will-live-on/|title=NASA’s NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On - NASA|date=1 July 2024}}</ref> Reentered on 2 November 2024

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| [[SPHEREx]]

| MIDEX-9<!--The sequential number, but needs a reference-->

| Explorer-102

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| 2712 FebruaryMarch 2025

| {{success|'''Operational'''}}

| {{pending|In development<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/spherex |title=Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer |work=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=NASA |access-date=7 July 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>}}

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| [[Multi-slit Solar Explorer|MUSE]]

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| 2 April 1998

| 21 June 2010

| Reentered on 18 July 2025<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |date=18 July 2025 |title=NASA's TRACE solar observatory, which operated from 1998 to 2010, reentered over the ocean 600 km south of Perth, W Australia at 1137 UTC Jul 18. |url=https://x.com/planet4589/status/1946352736775135363}}</ref>

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| Explorer-90

| 25 April 2007

| 19 August 2024

| Reentered on 19 August 2024

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| SMEX-15

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| 2712 FebruaryMarch 2025<ref name="nasa-lspedu">{{cite web |url=https://public.ksc.nasa.gov/lspeducation/upcoming-missions/ |title=Upcoming Missions |work=[[NASA Launch Services Program]] |date=1 July 2024 |access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>

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| {{pendingsuccess|In development'''Operational'''}}<ref name="nasa-20220803">{{cite web |last=InterranteOxford |first=AbbeyClarence |url=https://blogswww.nasaspacedaily.govcom/punch/2022/08/03/punch-announces-rideshare-with-spherex-and-new-launch-datereports/NASAs_PUNCH_Mission_Commences_Study_of_Solar_Wind_999.html |title=NASA's PUNCH AnnouncesMission RideshareCommences withStudy SPHERExof andSolar New Launch DateWind |date=313 AugustMarch 20222025 |access-date=319 AugustMarch 20222025 |work=NASASpace Daily}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

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| SMEX-16

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| 23 July 2025

| April 2025<ref>{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-spacex-for-rideshare-launch-of-smallsat-mission/ |title=NASA selects SpaceX for rideshare launch of smallsat mission |work=SpaceNews |date=30 September 2023 |access-date=1 October 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231219234720/https://spacenews.com/nasa-selects-spacex-for-rideshare-launch-of-smallsat-mission/ |archive-date=19 December 2023}}</ref>

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| {{pending|InSpacecraft developmentcommissioning}}

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| Explorer-72

| 26 February 1998

| Ended in 2000; decayed from orbit in December 2003

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| IMEX

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==External links==

{{commons category|Explorers Program |Small Explorers ProgramExplorer program}}

*{{cite web |url=http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html |title=Explorers Program |access-date=2009-12-05 |year=2009 |work=Goddard Space Flight Center |publisher=[[NASA]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031051247/http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html |archive-date=2009-10-31 |url-status=dead }}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100323182500/http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions.html NASA Explorers Program missions page]