This was followed by the Rohini series of experimental satellites which were built and launched indigenously.
European satellite television plans started in the late 1960s, when plans were first laid for an experimental satellite.
The astronauts accomplished everything they set out to do, including the release of two experimental satellites and three subsequent encounters with one of them.
That was easily checked by comparison with the film from the second camera carried by the experimental satellite.
Since 1980 it has put into space three experimental satellites with its own SLV-3 launcher.
Ofek 2 was officially described as an experimental scientific satellite, but press reports suggested that it could also be used to gather military intelligence.
China, which hopes to build an independent satellite navigation system within the next decade, launched two experimental positioning satellites last year.
The first experimental satellite was launched on 28 December 2005 .
Like I said, Sundog was basically on ice, one experimental satellite in place, three ground stations.
The first experimental satellite is expected to be launched in December 2005.