University of Michigan: Academic / research (United States), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / University of Michigan

0Orbital launches

53All launches (incl. suborbital)

2Satellites in orbit

10Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

University of Michigan is a academic or research institution based in the United States, founded in 1837. Our records show 53 launches and 2 satellites in orbit.

By platform

Cubesat 3U	1
Cubesat 1U	1

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
Sep 1969	NOMAD Buoy launch	FFAR	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
8 Dec 1965	1965-A244	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
14 Sep 1964	Arcas Keweenaw 4	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
Sep 1964	Arcas Keweenaw 3	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
Sep 1964	Arcas Keweenaw 5	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
10 Aug 1964	Arcas Keweenaw 2	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
6 Aug 1964	Arcas Keweenaw 1	Arcas	Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan	Success
26 Jul 1961	Sphere	Nike Yardbird	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Failure
1 Jun 1961	Sphere	Nike Yardbird	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Failure
1 Jul 1959	Tetrahedron probe	Nike Cajun	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
30 Jun 1959	Dumbbell probe	Nike Cajun	Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia	Success
24 Nov 1958	IGY SS6.58F	Nike Cajun	Northwest Field, Guam, Marianas Islands	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

Summer Students Scan the Radio Skies with SunRISE NASA · 28 May 2025
Lunar Vehicle Active Charge Control System (LVACCS) PICASSO Proposal Awarded NASA · 5 Aug 2024
University of Michigan graduate named to lead Taiwan’s space agency SpaceNews · 9 Aug 2021
NASA Extends Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System Mission NASA · 22 Jun 2021

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.