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List of articles in "Satellite" category - Page 187

Ranger 1

Ranger 1 was a prototype spacecraft launched as part of the Ranger program of unmanned space missions. Its primary mission was to test the performance of those functions and parts […]


Venera 1

Venera 1 (Russian: Венера-1 meaning Venus 1) also known as Venera-1VA No.2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 8 was the first spacecraft to fly past Venus as part […]


Tyazhely Sputnik

Tyazhely Sputnik (Russian: Тяжелый Спутник meaning Heavy Satellite) also known by its development name as Venera 1VA No.1 and in the West as Sputnik 7 was a Soviet spacecraft which […]


Pioneer P-31

Pioneer P-31 (also known as Atlas-Able 5B or Pioneer Z) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place […]


Pioneer P-3

Pioneer P-3 (also known as Atlas-Able 4 or Pioneer X) was intended to be a lunar orbiter probe but the mission failed shortly after launch. The objectives were to place […]


Envisat

Envisat (Environmental Satellite) is an inoperative Earth-observing satellite still in orbit. It was launched on 1 March 2002 aboard an Ariane 5 from the Guyana Space Centre in Kourou French […]


Pioneer 4

Pioneer 4 was a spin-stabilized spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first U.S. probe to […]


Vanguard 1

Vanguard 1 (ID: 1958-Beta 2) was the fourth artificial Earth orbital satellite launched (after Sputnik 1 Sputnik 2 and Explorer 1) but the first satellite to be solar powered. Although […]


Luna 4

Luna 4 or E-6 No.4 was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon. Following a successful launch the […]


Luna 2

Luna 2 (E-1A series) was the second of the Soviet Union’s Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon […]


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