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Derelict satellites in heliocentric orbit
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The list Derelict satellites in heliocentric orbit includes
Spitzer Space Telescope, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster, Shin'en (spacecraft), Venera 2 and Helios (spacecraft).
The list consists of 38 members.
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Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
NASA Cosmic Microwave Background probe launched in 2001
Overview: The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), originally known as the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP and Explorer 80), was a NASA spacecraft operating from 2001 to 2010 which measured temperature ...
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Ranger 3
US spaceprobe to the Moon
Overview: Ranger 3 was a space exploration mission conducted by NASA to study the Moon. The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft was launched January 26, 1962 as part of the Ranger program. Due to a series of malfunctions ... 0
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Mariner 10
American space probe
Overview: Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. 0
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Spitzer Space Telescope
Infrared space telescope
Overview: The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003, that was deactivated when operations ended on 30 January 2020. Spitzer ... 0
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Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
sports car launched into space in 2018
Overview: Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster is an electric sports car that served as the dummy payload for the February 2018 Falcon Heavy test flight and became an artificial satellite of the Sun. A mannequin in a spa ... 0
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Helios (spacecraft)
pair of solar probes operated by NASA and DLR
Overview: Helios-A and Helios-B (after launch renamed Helios 1 and Helios 2) are a pair of probes that were launched into heliocentric orbit to study solar processes. As a joint venture between German Aerospace ... 0
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Zond 2
USSR-era Russian space satelliteOverview: Zond 2 was a Soviet space probe, a member of the Zond program, and was the sixth Soviet spacecraft to attempt a flyby of Mars. (See Exploration of Mars) It was launched on November 30, 1964 at 13:12 UTC ... 0
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CONTOUR
space probe
Overview: The Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) was a NASA Discovery-class space probe that failed shortly after its July 2002 launch. It was the only Discovery mission to fail. 0
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Mars Observer
space probe
Overview: The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate ... 0
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Luna 1
Soviet spacecraft
Overview: Luna 1, also known as Mechta (Russian: Мечта lit.: Dream), E-1 No.4 and First Lunar Rover, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of Earth's Moon, the first spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit ... 0
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Ulysses (spacecraft)
NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun
Overview: Ulysses (yoo-LISS-eez, YOO-liss-eez) was a robotic space probe whose primary mission was to orbit the Sun and study it at all latitudes. It was launched in 1990 and made three "fast latitude scans" of ... 0
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Mariner 3
robotic deep-space probe to MarsOverview: Mariner 3 (Mariner C-2, together with Mariner 4 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was one of two identical deep-space probes designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA's Mariner-Mars ... 0
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Mariner 6 and 7
uncrewed probes sent by NASA as part of Mariner program in 1969
Overview: Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 (Mariner Mars 69A and Mariner Mars 69B) were two uncrewed NASA robotic spacecraft that completed the first dual mission to Mars in 1969 as part of NASA's wider Mariner program ... 0
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Mariner 2
1962 space probe to Venus
Overview: Mariner 2 (Mariner-Venus 1962), an American space probe to Venus, was the first robotic space probe to report successfully from a planetary encounter. The first successful spacecraft in the NASA Mariner ... 0
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Venera 12
1978 Soviet uncrewed mission which successfully touched down on Venus
Overview: The Venera 12 (Russian: Венера-12 meaning Venus 12) was an uncrewed Soviet space mission designed to explore the planet Venus. Venera 12 was launched on 14 September 1978 at 02:25:13 UTC. 0
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Stardust (spacecraft)
Fourth mission of the Discovery program; sample return from the periodic comet Wild 2
Overview: Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999. Its primary mission was to collect dust samples from the coma of comet Wild 2, as well as samples of cosmic dust, and ... 0
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Vega 2
Soviet space probe
Overview: Vega 2 (along with Vega 1) was a Soviet space probe part of the Vega program to explore Halley's comet and Venus. The spacecraft was a development of the earlier Venera craft. The name VeGa (ВеГа) combines ... 0
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Mars 6
Soviet spacecraft launched in 1973 to study Mars
Overview: Mars 6 (Russian: Марс-6), also known as 3MP No.50P was a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. A 3MP bus spacecraft launched as part of the Mars program, it consisted of a lander, and a coast stage ... 0
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Planck (spacecraft)
European cosmic microwave background observatory; medium-class mission in the ESA Science Programme
Overview: Planck was a space observatory operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) from 2009 to 2013. It was an ambitious project that aimed to map the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) at ... 0
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Zond 1
spacecraft of the Soviet Zond programOverview: Zond 1 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program. It was the second Soviet research spacecraft to reach Venus, although communications had failed by that time. It carried a 90-centimetre (35 in) spherical ... 0
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