Satellite

13 vehicles · Satellite

Every satellites cataloged in the Who That Plane?! database — manufacturer, country, era, and key performance specs for each design, with deep links to full Wikipedia summaries.

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Ball / Lockheed Spitzer Space Telescope — Infrared Space Telescope (Great Observatory)

Ball / Lockheed Spitzer Space Telescope

Ball Aerospace / Lockheed · Infrared Space Telescope (Great Observatory) · USA · 2003

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech · Public domain

Ball Aerospace Kepler Space Telescope — Exoplanet Transit Photometry Space Telescope

Ball Aerospace Kepler Space Telescope

Ball Aerospace · Exoplanet Transit Photometry Space Telescope · USA · 2009

Photo: NASA · Public domain

Boeing Lunar Orbiter 1–5 — Lunar Photographic Mapping Orbiters (Apollo Prep)

Boeing Lunar Orbiter 1–5

Boeing · Lunar Photographic Mapping Orbiters (Apollo Prep) · USA · 1966

Photo: Smithsonian · CC0

KH-11 Kennan / Crystal — Optical Reconnaissance Satellite / Electro-Optical Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)

KH-11 Kennan / Crystal

Lockheed · Optical Reconnaissance Satellite / Electro-Optical Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) · USA · 1976

Photo: Giuseppe De Chiara 1968 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Lockheed Hubble Space Telescope — Space Telescope / Earth Orbit Observatory / Optical / UV / Near-IR Astronomy

Lockheed Hubble Space Telescope

Lockheed · Space Telescope / Earth Orbit Observatory / Optical / UV / Near-IR Astronomy · USA · 1990

Photo: NASA · Public domain

Lockheed Martin GPS Block III (Vespucci) — Navigation Satellite Constellation / Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

Lockheed Martin GPS Block III (Vespucci)

Lockheed Martin · Navigation Satellite Constellation / Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) · USA · 2020

Photo: U.S. Air Force · Public domain

NASA JPL Explorer 1 — Earth Orbit Science Satellite / Cosmic Ray Detection / First US Satellite

NASA JPL Explorer 1

NASA JPL · Earth Orbit Science Satellite / Cosmic Ray Detection / First US Satellite · USA · 1958

Photo: NASA · Public domain

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter — High-Resolution Lunar Mapping Orbiter

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Northrop Grumman · High-Resolution Lunar Mapping Orbiter · USA · 2009

Photo: NASA · Public domain

Northrop Grumman James Webb Space Telescope — Space Telescope / L2 Orbit Observatory / Infrared Astronomy / Deep Universe Observation

Northrop Grumman James Webb Space Telescope

Northrop Grumman · Space Telescope / L2 Orbit Observatory / Infrared Astronomy / Deep Universe Observation · USA / International · 2022

Photo: NASA · Public domain

OKB-1 Sputnik 1 — Earth Orbit Satellite / First Artificial Earth Satellite / Radio Beacon

OKB-1 Sputnik 1

OKB-1 · Earth Orbit Satellite / First Artificial Earth Satellite / Radio Beacon · USSR · 1957

Photo: Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 3.0

SpaceX Starlink Constellation — LEO Broadband Internet Satellite Constellation / Global Broadband Internet Access

SpaceX Starlink Constellation

SpaceX · LEO Broadband Internet Satellite Constellation / Global Broadband Internet Access · USA · 2020

Photo: Official SpaceX Photos · CC0

TRW Chandra X-ray Observatory — X-Ray Space Telescope (Great Observatory)

TRW Chandra X-ray Observatory

TRW · X-Ray Space Telescope (Great Observatory) · USA · 1999

Photo: NASA/CXC/NGST · Public domain

TRW Compton Gamma Ray Observatory — Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Great Observatory)

TRW Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

TRW · Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Great Observatory) · USA · 1991

Photo: NASA/Ken Cameron · Public domain