Artificial Satellite

Mir

Organization

1986–2001 modular space station in low Earth orbit

Parker Solar Probe

Vehicle

NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun

Vanguard 1

Vehicle

fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite

Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory

Thing

alleged Earth satellite of extraterrestrial origin

Venera 13

Vehicle

space probe

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

Vehicle

joint NASA and ISRO synthetic aperture radar satellite

Spitzer Space Telescope

Vehicle

decommissioned NASA infrared space observatory

Luna 1

Thing

Soviet lunar probe

Herschel Space Observatory

Vehicle

former ESA space observatory

2001 Mars Odyssey

Vehicle

2001 NASA orbiter studying the geology and hydrology of Mars

Mariner 2

Thing

1962 space probe to Venus

Tiangong space station

Organization

Chinese space station in low Earth orbit

Gaia

Vehicle

European Space Agency astrometric mission

Chang'e 4

Vehicle

Chinese Moon lander

Mars 3

Vehicle

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Venera 1

Vehicle

space probe

Hipparcos

Vehicle

scientific satellite of the European Space Agency

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Vehicle

NASA Cosmic Microwave Background probe launched in 2001

Chang'e 5

Vehicle

Chinese lunar lander

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

Ulysses

Vehicle

NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun

Mariner 5

Thing

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

Mars 2

Vehicle

Soviet Mars probe

Planck

Vehicle

former ESA space observatory

Luna 24

Vehicle

last sovietic space probe

Venera 2

Thing

Soviet spacecraft intended to explore Venus

Luna 21

Vehicle

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

Omid

Vehicle

communications satellite

Luna 17

Vehicle

space probe

Mars 1

Thing

Soviet space probe launched in 1962

Luna 20

Vehicle

space probe

Chang'e 2

Vehicle

Chinese Moon orbiter

Solar Orbiter

Vehicle

ESA solar probe

Tiangong-2

Organization

former Chinese space station

SMART-1

Vehicle

European Space Agency satellite that orbited around the Moon

Korabl-Sputnik 2

Vehicle

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

Telstar 1

Vehicle

communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962

Pioneer 4

Thing

U.S. space probe which performed a lunar flyby

Venera 10

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 15

Vehicle

space probe

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Vehicle

space telescope for gamma-ray astronomy launched in 2008

Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Vehicle

NASA ultraviolet space telescope

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

Chang'e 6

Thing

Chinese uncrewed lunar expedition

Venera 11

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 14

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 12

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Lunar Prospector

Vehicle

NASA mission designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon

Venera 12

Vehicle

space mission to Venus

Luna 11

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Vehicle

NASA satellite

Mars 4

Vehicle

space probe

Luna 6

Vehicle

space probe

Spektr-R

Vehicle

Russian radio astronomy satellite

Vega program

class

USSR space program with the first balloon flight on Venus, in 1985

Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer

Vehicle

ESA satellite which mapped Earth's gravity field

Ohsumi

Vehicle

first Japanese satellite put into orbit

Luna 18

Vehicle

space probe