Artificial_Satellite_Of_The_Earth

CloudSat

Vehicle

decommissioned NASA Earth observation satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

TerraSAR-X

Vehicle

Earth observing satellite

Nilesat

Organization

Egyptian satellite communication company

Explorer 6

Vehicle

NASA earth science satellite launched in 1959

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

Vehicle

NASA climate satellite destroyed during a 2009 launch failure

Azur

Vehicle

first German scientific satellite

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity

Vehicle

ESA Earth observation satellite

Landsat 5

Vehicle

Earth observation satellite

Kosmos 2251

Thing

Russian Strela-2M satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite, lost in a launch failure

Kalpana-1

Vehicle

communications satellite

Project Echo

class

first passive communications satellite experiment

Ørsted

Vehicle

Danish satellite

Pegasus

class

series of three American satellites launched in 1965

Landsat 1

Vehicle

first satellite of the United States' Landsat program, active 1972-1978

Cosmos-1408

Thing

Soviet artificial satellite destroyed by ASAT missile

Aura

Vehicle

NASA Earth observation satellite

Courier 1B

Vehicle

communications satellite

Explorer 8

Vehicle

American research satellite

Artemis

Vehicle

decommissioned ESA communication satellite

PROBA-2

Vehicle

ESA technology demonstration satellite

PROBA-1

Vehicle

ESA Earth observation satellite

Landsat 8

Vehicle

American Earth observation satellite

Foton

class

satellite

Explorer 7

Vehicle

1959 research satellite

GeoEye-1

Vehicle

commercial Earth observation satellite

ADM-Aeolus

Vehicle

ESA wind-measuring satellite that reentered in 2023

Iridium 33

Vehicle

communications satellite operated by Iridium Communications

Intelsat I

Vehicle

the first commercial communications satellite

Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite

Jason-1

Vehicle

satellite oceanography mission

San Marco 1

Vehicle

first Italian satellite

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Vehicle

joint space mission between NASA and JAXA

Seasat

Vehicle

Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans

Swarm

class

ESA's space program to study Earth's magnetic field

Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer

Vehicle

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

Bulgaria 1300

Vehicle

Bulgaria's first artificial satellite

Intasat

Vehicle

first satellite of Spain

IMAGE

Vehicle

NASA geomagnetic satellite

GSAT-9

Vehicle

Indian communications satellite for the SAARC Region

Landsat 9

Vehicle

American Earth observation satellite

Bangladesh Satellite-1

Vehicle

first Bangladeshi geostationary communications satellite

Vinasat-1

Vehicle

Vietnamese satellite

Sina-1

Vehicle

Iranian satellite

ICESat

Vehicle

former satellite in NASA's Earth Observing System

Suomi NPP

Vehicle

American weather satellite

CryoSat-2

Vehicle

European Space Agency environmental research satellite

Explorer 17

Vehicle

former NASA research satellite

Göktürk-1A

Vehicle

Turkish defense satellite

LARES

Vehicle

satellite

Belintersat-1

Vehicle

geostationary satellite

Viking

Vehicle

Sweden's first satellite

Rasad 1

Vehicle

Iranian satellite

TOPEX/Poseidon

Vehicle

satellite mission to map ocean surface topography

Vanguard 3

class

American research satellite

Soil Moisture Active Passive

Vehicle

NASA environmental monitoring satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite; first satellite orbited by North Korea

Kitsat-1

Thing

amateur radio satellite