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

Tiangong space station

Organization

Chinese space station in low Earth orbit

2001 Mars Odyssey

Vehicle

2001 NASA orbiter studying the geology and hydrology of Mars

Gaia

Vehicle

European Space Agency astrometric mission

Mariner 2

Thing

1962 space probe to Venus

Chang'e 4

Vehicle

Chinese Moon lander

Mars 3

Vehicle

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Venera 1

Vehicle

space probe

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe

Vehicle

NASA Cosmic Microwave Background probe launched in 2001

Hipparcos

Vehicle

scientific satellite of the European Space Agency

Luna 10

Vehicle

spacecraft in the Soviet Union's Luna programme

Mariner 3

Event

robotic deep-space probe to Mars

Chang'e 5

Vehicle

Chinese lunar lander

Giotto

Thing

retired ESA spacecraft which visited Comets Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup

Ulysses

Vehicle

NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun

Mars 2

Vehicle

Soviet Mars probe

Mariner 5

Thing

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

Luna 24

Vehicle

last sovietic space probe

Planck

Vehicle

former ESA space observatory

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

Omid

Vehicle

communications satellite

Luna 17

Vehicle

space probe

Mars 1

Thing

Soviet space probe launched in 1962

Luna 20

Vehicle

space probe

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

Solar Orbiter

Vehicle

ESA solar probe

Chang'e 2

Vehicle

Chinese Moon orbiter

Tiangong-2

Organization

former Chinese space station

Telstar 1

Vehicle

communications satellite launched by NASA on July 10, 1962

Luna 15

Vehicle

space probe

Venera 10

Vehicle

space probe

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Vehicle

space telescope for gamma-ray astronomy launched in 2008

Pioneer 4

Thing

U.S. space probe which performed a lunar flyby

Chang'e 6

Thing

Chinese uncrewed lunar expedition

Venera 11

Vehicle

space probe

Dong Fang Hong I

Vehicle

first satellite launched by China

Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Vehicle

NASA ultraviolet space telescope

Luna 14

Vehicle

space probe

Lunar Prospector

Vehicle

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

Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Vehicle

NASA satellite

Venera 12

Vehicle

space mission to Venus

Luna 12

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Luna 11

Vehicle

Soviet lunar orbiter

Mars 4

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

Luna 6

Vehicle

space probe

Ohsumi

Vehicle

first Japanese satellite put into orbit

Landsat 7

Vehicle

American Earth observation satellite