Former Entity

Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

Country

third Saudi state

United Provinces of Central Italy

Country

former Italian state (1859–1860)

Chitré

City

Capital of Herrera Province, In Panama

Province of Massachusetts Bay

AdministrativeArea

former colony in North America, part of Great Britain

Hermonthis

Place

town in Egypt

TIROS-1

Vehicle

former American weather satellite

County of Namur

Organization

countship

Pioneer 2

Vehicle

U.S. space probe lost due to a launch failure

Pioneer 3

Vehicle

U.S. space probe lost due to a launch failure

Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

Organization

former country (1960–1971) in Africa, predecessor of Zaire

Thurii

City

city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf

Schiaparelli EDM lander

Vehicle

ExoMars 2016 lander module

Copa Mercosur

Event

former South American association football tournament for clubs (1998-2001)

USA-193

Vehicle

failed reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office

Copa Merconorte

Event

football tournament

Kingdom of Kandy

Country

political entity

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

Country

independent 1918-1919 republic

State of Somaliland

Country

former sovereign state in Africa

Republic of Yucatán

Organization

former country

Marussia Motors

Organization

company

Delahaye

Organization

company

Envisat

Vehicle

former Earth observation satellite of the European Space Agency

Transition Region And Coronal Explorer

Vehicle

former NASA space observatory

Yohkoh Gamma and X-ray solar satellite

Vehicle

former solar observatory satellite

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

Place

space observatory which reentered in 2023

C.D. Magirus AG

Organization

defunct company (1866-1936)

BeppoSAX

Vehicle

former Italian-Dutch satellite used for X-ray astronomy

Explorer 2

Vehicle

American research satellite, lost during a launch vehicle failure

Kosmos 557

Vehicle

Soviet Salyut space station that malfunctioned shortly after launch

Delta III

class

retired expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family

Hitomi

Vehicle

failed Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite

Alouette 1

Vehicle

former Canadian research satellite

The Cannon Group

Organization

film studio

Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero

Vehicle

former gamma-ray astronomy satellite

Peregrine Mission One

Vehicle

former commercial lunar landing mission

American occupation zone in Germany

AdministrativeArea

zone of American occupation in postwar Germany

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Pioneer Venus Orbiter

Thing

NASA space probe to Venus

Granat

Vehicle

former Soviet/Russian space observatory

Bishnupur

Organization

town in Bankura district

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Vehicle

NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy

Solar Maximum Mission

Vehicle

former solar observatory satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2

Vehicle

North Korean satellite, lost in a launch failure

Orbiting Carbon Observatory

Vehicle

NASA climate satellite destroyed during a 2009 launch failure

Pioneer P-3

Vehicle

U.S. lunar orbiter destroyed in a launch failure

Kosmos 2251

Thing

Russian Strela-2M satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite, lost in a launch failure

Pragyan

Vehicle

Indian lunar rover

4th of August Regime

Organization

military dictatorship of Greece from 1936 to 1941

Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17

Place

former rocket launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the United States

Wide-Field Infrared Explorer

Vehicle

former NASA space observatory

Cosmos-1408

Thing

Soviet artificial satellite destroyed by ASAT missile

ADM-Aeolus

Vehicle

ESA wind-measuring satellite that reentered in 2023

Cluster

class

intended constellation of four European Space Agency spacecraft; destroyed during launch failure

Ottoman Iraq

AdministrativeArea

Iraq under the rule of the Ottoman Empire

Mercerville-Hamilton Square

Place

former census designated place in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States

Pioneer P-1

Vehicle

failed mission in the Pioneer program

Iridium 33

Vehicle

communications satellite operated by Iridium Communications

San Marco 1

Vehicle

first Italian satellite

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4

Vehicle

North Korean Earth observation satellite