Military Satellite

USA-193

Vehicle

failed reconnaissance satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office

Kosmos 954

Thing

Failed nuclear spacecraft

Explorer 3

Vehicle

American military research satellite

Cosmos-1408

Thing

Soviet artificial satellite destroyed by ASAT missile

Geosat

Vehicle

U.S. Navy Earth observation satellite

WRESAT

Vehicle

first Australian satellite

Göktürk-1A

Vehicle

Turkish defense satellite

Kosmos 869

Vehicle

1976 Soviet test spaceflight

Sina-1

Vehicle

Iranian satellite

Kosmos 2

Vehicle

Soviet research satellite

Kosmos 8

Thing

technology demonstration satellite

Kosmos 1402

Thing

Russian artificial satellite

Kosmos 4

Thing

first Soviet reconnaissance satellite

Discoverer 1

Vehicle

American reconnaissance satellite launched in 1959; failed to achieve orbit

SNAP-10A

Vehicle

experimental nuclear reactor launched into space in 1965

TecSAR-1

Vehicle

former Israeli reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 9

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-5)

PoSAT-1

Vehicle

Portuguese satellite

Kosmos 7

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-4)

KOMPSAT-2

Vehicle

South Korean multipurpose reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 2175

Thing

Russian Yantar-4K2 photo reconnaissance satellite

Solrad 1

Vehicle

U.S. solar X-ray and surveillance satellite

Cartosat-2A

Vehicle

military satellite

Kosmos 13

Thing

soviet optical reconnaissance satellite (1963)

Kosmos 1818

Vehicle

soviet surveillance satellite

Discoverer 14

Vehicle

reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 10

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-6)

Kosmos 12

Thing

Soviet spy satellite

RISAT-2

Vehicle

Indian radar-imaging reconnaissance satellite, reentered in 2022

Kosmos 48

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (1964)

Kosmos 112

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-36)

Kosmos 18

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-11)

Khayyam

Vehicle

Earth observation satellite

Kosmos 1867

Vehicle

radar ocean reconnaissance satellite or RORSAT

Kosmos 15

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-9)

Discoverer 18

Vehicle

reconnaissance satellite

Transit Research and Attitude Control

Vehicle

U.S. Navy satellite

Kosmos 459

Vehicle

satellite

TacSat-3

Vehicle

U.S. military satellite

Kosmos 16

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-10)

KOMPSAT-5

Vehicle

South Korean reconnaissance satellite

Athena-Fidus

Vehicle

French-Italian geostationary military communications satellite

Kosmos 20

Thing

Soviet optical film-return reconnaissance satellite

Discoverer 16

Vehicle

American military reconnaissance satellite

Discoverer 2

Vehicle

American military reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 52

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-25)

Kosmos 521

Vehicle

soviet satellite

Kosmos 46

Thing

Soviet satellite

Kosmos 28

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-16)

KOMPSAT-1

Vehicle

South Korean multipurpose reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 24

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-15)

Kosmos 32

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-18)

Kosmos 37

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite

Kosmos 50

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-24)

Kosmos 29

Thing

soviet satellite launched in 1964

Kosmos 394

Vehicle

Soviet satellite

Kosmos 35

Thing

soviet reconnaissance satellite (Zenit 2-20)

Kosmos 136

Thing

Zuma

Vehicle

classified United States government satellite

Kosmos 2312

Thing

Russian military early warning satellite