Artificial Satellite

Mir

Organization

1986–2001 modular space station in low Earth orbit

Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory

Thing

alleged Earth satellite of extraterrestrial origin

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

Vehicle

joint NASA and ISRO synthetic aperture radar satellite

Tiangong space station

Organization

Chinese space station in low Earth orbit

Mars 3

Vehicle

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Mariner 3

Event

robotic deep-space probe to Mars

Giotto

Thing

retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup

Luna 10

Vehicle

spacecraft in the Soviet Union's Luna programme

Mariner 5

Thing

uncrewed probe sent by NASA as part of Mariner program in 1967

Mars 2

Vehicle

Soviet Mars probe

Luna 24

Vehicle

last sovietic space probe

Luna 21

Vehicle

Soviet spacecraft that landed on the Moon and deployed the Lunokhod 2 lunar rover

Venera 2

Thing

Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus

Luna 17

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 20

Vehicle

space probe

Mars 1

Thing

Soviet space probe launched in 1962

Korabl-Sputnik 2

Vehicle

Soviet artificial satellite, first to send animals into orbit and return safely

Tiangong-2

Organization

former Chinese space station

Telstar 1

Vehicle

communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962

Venera 10

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 15

Vehicle

space probe

Pioneer 4

Thing

U.S. space probe which performed a lunar flyby

Chang'e 6

Thing

Chinese uncrewed lunar expedition

Luna 14

Vehicle

space probe

Venera 12

Vehicle

space mission to Venus

Luna 11

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Luna 12

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Mars 4

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 6

Vehicle

space probe

Ohsumi

Vehicle

first Japanese satellite put into orbit

Mars 5

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 18

Vehicle

space probe

ROSAT

Vehicle

German space observatory

Luna 19

Vehicle

space probe

Korabl-Sputnik 1

Vehicle

Soviet test flight

Zond 2

Thing

USSR-era Russian space satellite

Ranger 5

Vehicle

US unmanned spaceprobe

Mars 7

Vehicle

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Astérix

Vehicle

French satellite

Luna 23

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 22

Vehicle

space probe

Ranger 3

Vehicle

US spaceprobe to the Moon

Terra

Vehicle

NASA climate research satellite

Zond 3

Thing

1965 Soviet moon probe

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

Event

joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center

Venera 16

Vehicle

space probe

Pioneer 5

Vehicle

American space probe

Korabl-Sputnik 4

Event

Soviet spacecraft

Vanguard 2

Vehicle

Earth-orbiting weather satellite

Korabl-Sputnik 3

Event

space mission

Korabl-Sputnik 5

Vehicle

Soviet spacecraft

Project West Ford

Place

experimental space-based radio communication project

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

Azur

Vehicle

first German scientific satellite

Phobos 1

Vehicle

Soviet mars mission

Landsat 5

Vehicle

Earth observation satellite

Ariel 1

Vehicle

ionospheric research satellite

Kosmos 305

Vehicle

failed Soviet lunar sample-return mission

J002E3

Thing

designation of supposed asteroid that is actually the S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket

Ørsted

Vehicle

Danish satellite