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Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 was a polished metal sphere with radio transmitters, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Its significance li...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.2 Excellent

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Explorer 1

Explorer 1 was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in Earth orbit by the United States. Launched in 1958,...

Cold War Satellite Nasa Earth Orbit

9.2 Excellent

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Telstar 1

Telstar 1 was a pioneering American communications satellite launched in 1962 by AT&T. Its significance lies in being th...

Cold War Att Satellite Communications

9.2 Excellent

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Curiosity rover

The Curiosity rover is a NASA spacecraft exploring Mars. Launched in November 2011, it landed in Gale Crater in August 2...

Nasa Mars Rover Current

9.2 Excellent

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SpaceX Crew Dragon

The SpaceX Crew Dragon is a spacecraft designed for transporting cargo and astronauts to Earth orbit. Notably, it repres...

Commercial Spacex Current Crewed

9.1 Excellent

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Perseverance rover

The Perseverance rover is an American spacecraft exploring Mars. It’s currently operating within Jezero Crater, searchin...

Nasa Mars Rover Astrobiology

9.1 Excellent

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TOPEX/Poseidon

TOPEX/Poseidon was a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES, launched in 1992 to measure...

Ocean Satellite Completed Altimetry

9.0 Excellent

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Early Bird (Intelsat I)

Intelsat I, also known as Early Bird, was the first commercial geostationary communications satellite. Built by the Hugh...

Cold War Geostationary Satellite Communications

8.9 Great

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Yutu-2 rover

Yutu-2 is a robotic lunar rover that operates on the far side of the Moon as part of the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission. Laun...

Rover Moon Current Far Side

8.7 Great

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SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2010 to investigate the Sun's dynamic atmosphere....

Solar Nasa Observatory Current

8.7 Great

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Mars Odyssey

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting Mars, launched by NASA in April 2001. It holds the record for the lon...

Nasa Mars Current Orbiter

8.6 Great

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Vanguard 1

Vanguard 1 is an American satellite launched on March 17, 1958, as part of the U.S. Navy's Vanguard project. It was the...

Cold War Solar Powered Satellite Nasa

8.5 Great

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Chinese Space Station (Tiangong)

Tiangong is China's modular space station, assembled in low Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 340–450 km. Cons...

Modular Chinese Space Station Current

8.5 Great

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GOES-16

GOES-16 is a geostationary weather satellite operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat...

Geostationary Satellite Weather Current

8.5 Great

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Soyuz-MS

Soyuz-MS is a modernized Russian crewed spacecraft developed for transporting astronauts to the International Space Stat...

Russian Transport Current Crewed

8.4 Great

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Swift (Neil Gehrels Observatory)

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA multiwavelength space telescope launched on November 20, 2004, designed pri...

Nasa Observatory Current Multi Wavelength

8.3 Great

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MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission)

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) is a four-spacecraft constellation launched on March 12, 2015, to study m...

Nasa Current Magnetosphere Probe

8.3 Great

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Jason-1

Jason-1 was a joint ocean altimetry satellite mission developed by NASA and the French space agency CNES. Launched on De...

Ocean Satellite Completed Altimetry

8.2 Great

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Jason-2

Jason-2 was an international satellite altimetry mission launched on June 20, 2008, through a collaboration between NASA...

Ocean Satellite Completed Altimetry

8.1 Great

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GPM Core Observatory

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory is a joint environmental satellite project developed by NASA...

Satellite Weather Current Nasa Jaxa

8.0 Great