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Orbiters (space probe)
Orbiter
Topic: Engineering
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An
orbiter
is a
space probe
that orbits a planet or other astronomical object.
Contents
1
Examples
1.1
Asteroids
1.2
Earth
1.3
Jupiter
1.4
Mars
1.5
Mercury
1.6
Moon
1.7
Saturn
1.8
Sun
1.9
Venus
2
See also
3
External links
Examples
Asteroids
NEAR Shoemaker
(orbited
433 Eros
, eventually landed but was not designed to do so)
Hayabusa
(studied
25143 Itokawa
, technically not an orbiter, but rather followed the asteroid in its orbit around the Sun)
Dawn
(orbited
4 Vesta
, now orbiting
Ceres
)
Earth
Space Shuttle orbiter
Buran
-class shuttle
Soyuz
Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle
Shenzhou
LandSat
Jupiter
Galileo
Juno
Mars
Mariner 9
Mars 2
Mars 3
Mars 5
Viking 1
Viking 2
Phobos 2
Mars Global Surveyor
2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Express
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mangalyaan
Mercury
MESSENGER
Moon
Grail spacecraft (Ebb&Flow)
Luna 10
- first artificial satellite of the Moon
Explorer 33
Lunar Orbiter 1
Luna 11
Luna 12
Lunar Orbiter 2
Lunar Orbiter 3
Lunar Orbiter 4
Explorer 35
Lunar Orbiter 5
Luna 14
Luna 19
Explorer 49
Luna 22
Hiten
Clementine
Lunar Prospector
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SMART-1
SELENE
Chang'e 1
Chang'e 2
Chandrayaan I
Chandrayaan II
Saturn
Cassini-Huygens
Mission
Sun
Pioneer 5
Pioneer 6
Pioneer 7
Pioneer 8
Pioneer 9
Helios probes
ISEE-3
Ulysses
WIND
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Advanced Composition Explorer
Genesis
STEREO probes
Venus
Venera 9
Venera 10
Pioneer Venus Orbiter
Venera 15
Venera 16
Magellan
Venus Express
See also
Satellite
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