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   • ARTEMIS (Advanced Relay Technology Mission)    • ARTV (Advanced Reentry Test Vehicle)    • Aryabhata    • ASCA    • Asterix    • Astro (shuttle science payload)    • Astro series (Japan)    • Astro-E    • Astro-F    • Astron    • Athena    • ATS (Applications Technology Satellite)    • Aura    • Azur    • Beacon Explorer (BE)    • Beagle 2    • BepiColombo    • BeppoSAX (Satellite per Astronomia a raggi X)    • Bion series    • Biosatellite series    • BIRD (Bi-spectral Infrared Detection satellite)    • BS- (Broadcasting Satellite)    • CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Observations)    • Canyon    • Cassini    • Castor and Pollux (French satellites)    • CATSat (Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite)    • CERISE (Characterisation de l'Environment Radio-electrique par un Instrument Spatial Embarque)    • Chalet/Vortex    • CHAMP (Challenging Minisatellite Payload)    • Champollion    • Chandra X-ray Observatory    • CHIPSat    • CINDI (Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigations)    • Clementine    • CloudSat    • Cluster    • COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer)    • COMETS (Communications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite)    • Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory    • Constellation-X    • CONTOUR    • Copernicus Observatory (OAO-3)    • Coriolis    • Corona    • Coronas    • COROT    • Corsa-A    • Corsa-B    • COS-B    • Cosmos spacecraft    • Courier    • CRAF (Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby)    • CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite)    • CS- (Communications Satellite)    • Darwin    • Dawn    • Deep Impact    • Deep Space 1    • Denpa    • Discoverer    • Discovery Program    • DME (Direct Measurement Explorer)    • DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program)    • DODGE (Department Of Defense Gravity Experiment)    • Dong Fang Hong (DFH)    • DRTS (Data Relay Test Satellite)    • DSCS (Defense Satellite Communications System)    • Dynamics Explorer    • Early Bird    • Earth Probes    • Echo 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(Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer)    • FAST (Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer)    • fastest spacecraft    • firsts in spaceflight    • FLTSATCOM (Fleet Satellite Communications)    • Fobos    • FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment System)    • FORTE (Fast On-orbit Recording of Transient Events)    • Foton    • France 1    • FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer)    • GAIA (Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics)    • Galaxy satellite series    • GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer)    • Galileo (spacecraft)    • Galileo Europa Mission (GEM)    • Galileo satellite navigation system    • Gamma (Soviet orbiting telescope)    • GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Project)    • Garuda    • GCOM (Global Change Observing Mission)    • Geizer    • Genesis    • geodesy satellites    • Geo-IK    • GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite)    • Geosat    • Geotail    • Get-Away Special    • GFO (Geosat Follow-On)    • GFZ-1 (GeoForschungsZentrum)    • GIFTS (Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer)    • Ginga    • Giotto (comet probe)    • GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope)    • Globalstar    • GLOMR (Global Low Orbiting Message Relay)    • GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System)    • GMS (Geosynchronous Meteorological Satellite)    • GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)    • GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer)    • GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)    • GOMS (Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite)    • Gonets    • Gorizont    • GPS (Global Positioning System)    • GRAB    • GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)    • Granat    • Grand Tour    • Gravity Probe A    • Gravity Probe B    • Great Observatories    • Gurwin    • Hagoromo    • Hakucho    • HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy)    • Hayabusa (MUSES-C)    • HCMM (Heat Capacity Mapping Mission)    • HEAO (High Energy Astrophysics Observatory)    • Helios (French reconnaissance satellites)    • Helios (German solar satellites)    • HEOS (Highly Eccentric Orbiting Satellite)    • Herschel Space Observatory    • HESSI (High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)    • HETE (High Energy Transient Experiment)    • Highwater    • Hinode (Solar-B)    • Hinotori    • Hipparcos    • Hiten    • Hubble Space Telescope    • Huygens    • IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer)    • IBSS (Infrared Background Signature Survey)    • ICE (International Cometary Explorer)    • ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite)    • ICO    • IDCSP (Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program)    • IEH (International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker)    • IEOS (International Earth Observing System)    • Ikonos    • IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration)    • IMEWS (Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellite)    • IMP (Interplanetary Monitoring Platform)    • Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE)    • infrared astronomy satellites    • Inmarsat    • Insat    • Inspector    • INTEGRAL (International Gamma-ray Astrophysics Laboratory)    • Intelsat    • Interbol    • Intercosmos    • International Geophysical Year (IGY)    • International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)    • Interstellar Precursor Mission    • Interstellar Probe Mission    • interstellar probes    • IRAS (InfraRed Astronomy Satellite)    • Iridium    • IRS (Indian Remote Sensing satellite)    • IRSI (Infrared Space Interferometer)    • IRTS (Infrared Telescope in Space)    • ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer)    • ISIS (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies)    • ISO (Infrared Space Observatory)    • ISS (Ionospheric Sounding Satellite)    • ITOS (Improved TIROS Operating System)    • James Webb Space Telescope    • Japanese satellite names    • Japanese spacecraft    • JAS (Japanese Amateur Satellite)    • Jason    • JAWSAT    • JERS (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite)    • Jikiken    • JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter)    • Jumpseat    • Kepler    • Key Hole (KH)    • Korabl-Sputnik    • Kupon    • Kyokko    • LACE (Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment)    • Lacrosse    • Lageos (Laser Geodynamics Satellite)    • Landsat    • LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite)    • LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility)    • Leasat (Leased Satellite)    • LES (Lincoln Experimental Satellite)    • Lewis and Clark    • Life Finder (LF)    • LiPS (Living Plume Shield)    • LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna)    • Losat-X (Low Altitude Satellite Experiment)    • Luch    • Luna    • Lunar Orbiter series    • Lunar Prospector    • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter    • Lunar-A    • Lunik    • Lunokhod    • MABES (Magnetic Bearing Satellite)    • MACSAT (Multiple Access Communications Satellite)    • Magellan    • Magnetosphere Probe    • Magnum    • Magsat (Magnetic Field Satellite)    • MAP (Microwave Anisotropy Probe)    • MARECS    • Mariner series    • Mariner 9    • Mars, series of Soviet probes    • Mars, unmanned spacecraft (complete list)    • Mars 1969 A/B    • Mars 96    • Mars Climate Observer    • Mars Exploration Rovers    • Mars Express    • Mars Global Surveyor    • Mars Microprobe Mission    • Mars Observer    • Mars Odyssey    • Mars Pathfinder    • Mars Phoenix Lander    • Mars Polar Lander    • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter    • Mars Science Laboratory    • Mars Scout    • Mars Surveyor 98    • MDS (Mission Demonstration test Satellite)    • Mentor    • Mercury-ELINT    • MESSENGER    • Meteor    • Meteosat    • MetOp (Meteorological Operational) satellites    • MicroLab    • MicroSat    • MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System)    • MIDEX (Medium-class Explorer)    • Mightysat    • Milstar    • MiniSat    • Miranda    • Mission of Opportunity    • Molniya    • Moon, unmanned missions    • Morelos    • MOS (Marine Observation Satellite)    • MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars)    • MOUSE (Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite of the Earth)    • MSX (Midcourse Space Experiment)    • MTI (Multispectral Thermal Imager)    • Munin    • MUSES series    • MUSES-C (Hayabusa)    • Myojo    • Nadezhda    • NATO (satellites)    • Nauka    • NAVSTAR (Navigation Satellite Time and Ranging)    • NEAR-Shoemaker    • Neptune missions    • New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission    • New Millennium Interferometer    • New Millennium Program    • NGSS (Next Generation Sky Survey)    • NGST (Next Generation Space Telescope)    • Nimbus    • Nimiq    • NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)    • NOSS (Naval Ocean Surveillance Satellite)    • Nova    • Nozomi    • NUSAT (Northern Utah Satellite)    • OAO (Orbiting Astronomical Observatory)    • ODERACS (Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Sphere)    • Ofeq    • OFO (Orbiting Frog Otolith)    • OGO (Orbiting Geophysical Observatory)    • Ohzora    • OICETS (Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite)    • Okean    • Oko    • Olympus    • OPAL (Orbiting PicoSat Launcher)    • Orbcomm    • Orbiter, Project    • OrbView    • Orlets    • Ørsted    • OSCAR (Orbiting Satellite for Communication by Amateur Radio)    • OSO (Orbiting Solar Observatory)    • Osumi    • PAET (Planetary Atmospheric Entry Test)    • Pageos (Passive GEOS)    • Palapa    • PARASOL    • Parus    • Pegasus satellites    • PFS (Particles and Fields Subsatellite)    • Phoenix Mission    • Pioneer series    • Pioneer 6    • Pioneer 7    • Pioneer 8    • Pioneer 9    • Pioneer 10    • Pioneer 11    • Planck    • Planet series (Japan)    • Planet Imager    • Pluto-Kuiper Express    • PMG (Plasma Motor/Generator)    • POES (Polar Operational Environmental Satellite)    • Polar    • Polar BEAR (Polar Beacon Experiment and Auroral Research)    • Polyot    • Potok    • Prognoz    • Prospector    • Prospero    • QuikScat (Quick Scatterometer) satellite    • QuikTOMS (Quick Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) satellite    • RADARSAT    • Radose    • Raduga    • RAE (Radiation Astronomy Explorer)    • Ranger series    • Reentry (test program)    • Reentry Flight Demonstrator (RFD)    • Relay    • Resurs    • REX (Radiation Experiment)    • RHESSI (Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager)    • Rhyolite/Aquacade    • RME (Relay Mirror Experiment)    • Rohini    • Romb    • RORSAT (Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite)    • ROSAT    • Rosetta    • RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)    • Ryusei    • SAGE (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment)    • Sakigake    • Samos    • SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer)    • San Marco (satellites)    • SARSAT (Search and Rescue Satellites)    • SAS (Small Astronomy Satellite)    • Satcom    • SB-WASS (Wide Area Surveillance Satellite)    • SCATHA (Spacecraft Charging At High Altitudes)    • SCORE    • Scout Program    • SDS (Satellite Data System)    • Seasat    • Seastar/SeaWiFS    • Seawinds    • SECOR (Sequential Collation of Range)    • SEDS (Small Expendable-tether Deployer System)    • SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer)    • Sfera    • SFU (Space Flyer Unit)    • Shinsei    • SIM PlanetQuest    • Skynet    • SMART-1    • SME (Solar Mesosphere Explorer)    • SMEX (Small Explorer)    • SMEX lite    • SMM (Solar Maximum Mission)    • SMS (Synchronous Meteorological Satellite)    • SNAP (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power)    • SNAPSHOT    • SNOE (Student Nitric Oxide Explorer)    • SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)    • Sojourner    • Solar Connections Initiative    • Solar- (Japanese satellites)    • Solar-B    • Solrad (Solar Radiation program)    • Solwind    • SORCE (Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment)    • Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)    • Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)    • Space Technology 5    • SPARCLE (Space Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment)    • Spartan 201    • SPAS (Shuttle Pallet Satellite)    • Spectrum-X-Gamma    • Spitzer Space Telescope    • SPOT (Satellite Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre)    • Sputnik    • Squanto Terror    • SROSS (Stretched Rohini Satellite Series)    • SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)    • SS (Scientific Satellite)    • SSS (Small Scientific Satellite)    • Stacksat    • Stardust    • Starfish    • STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment)    • Stella    • STEDI (Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative)    • STENTOR (Satellite de Télécommunications pour Expériences de Nouvelles Technologies en Orbite)    • STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory)    • STEX (Space Technology Experiments)    • STRV (Space Technology Research Vehicle)    • Suisei    • SURFSAT (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Satellite)    • Surveyor series    • Surveyor 3    • SWAS (Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite)    • Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer    • Syncom    • Taifun    • Taiyo    • Tansei    • TAU (Thousand Astronomical Unit) mission    • TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System)    • Teledesic    • Telstar series    • Tenma    • Terra    • Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)    • TERRIERS (Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources)    • THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms)    • THOR (Tracing Habitability, Organics, and Resources)    • Timation    • TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetic Dynamics satellite    • TiPS (Tether Physics and Survivability satellite)    • TIROS (Television Infrared Observation System)    • TIROS Operational System (TOS)    • TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer)    • TOPEX-Poseidon    • Tournesol    • TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer)    • Transit    • Triana    • TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission)    • Trumpet    • Tselina    • Tsikada    • TSS (Tethered Satellite System)    • TWINS (Two-wide Angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometer)    • UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite)    • UFO (UHF Follow-On) satellites    • Uhuru (SAS-1)    • Ulysses 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