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==Passive satellites==
==Passive satellites==

*[[Ajisai (satellite)|Ajisai]], [[Experimental Geodetic Payload]]
*[[Ajisai (satellite)|Ajisai]], [[Experimental Geodetic Payload]]
*[[ATS-3]]
*[[ATS-6]]
*Beacon-C, Beacon Explorer C, BE-C, [[Explorer 27]]
*Beacon-C, Beacon Explorer C, BE-C, [[Explorer 27]]
*[[BLITS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions/satellite_missions/past_missions/blit_general.html|title=BLITS|last=|first=|date=|website=ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov|access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref>
*[[BLITS]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions/satellite_missions/past_missions/blit_general.html|title=BLITS|last=|first=|date=|website=ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov|access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref>
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**Calsphere 4A
**Calsphere 4A
**Calsphere 5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-012E |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-02-17 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
**Calsphere 5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-012E |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-02-17 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Charge Composition Explorer|CCE]], Explorer 65

*Dragsphere 1<ref name=dsphere>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dragsphere-1.htm |title=Dragsphere 1, 2 |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date=2014-09-19 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Dragsphere 1<ref name=dsphere>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dragsphere-1.htm |title=Dragsphere 1, 2 |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date=2014-09-19 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Dragsphere 2<ref name=dsphere/>
*Dragsphere 2<ref name=dsphere/>
*[[Dynamics Explorer]] 1, Explorer 62
*[[Etalon (satellite)|Etalon]]<ref>{{cite web| last =Lindborg| first =Christina| title =Etalon| work =Russia and Navigation Systems| publisher =Federation of American Scientists| url =http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/russia/nav/etalon.htm| accessdate = 10 November 2012}}</ref>
*[[Etalon (satellite)|Etalon]]<ref>{{cite web| last =Lindborg| first =Christina| title =Etalon| work =Russia and Navigation Systems| publisher =Federation of American Scientists| url =http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/russia/nav/etalon.htm| accessdate = 10 November 2012}}</ref>
**[[Kosmos 1989]]
**[[Kosmos 1989]]
**[[Kosmos 2024]]
**[[Kosmos 2024]]
*[[Explorer 9]]
*[[Explorer 9]]
*[[Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer|FAST]], Explorer 70
*[[Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer|FUSE]], Explorer 77
*GFZ-1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1986-017J |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1995-04-19 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*GFZ-1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1986-017J |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1995-04-19 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*[[Humanity Star]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a15892673/satellites-orbit-naked-eye-humanity-star/|title=Space-Spotting: How To See Humanity Star and Other Objects in Orbit|date=2018-01-26|work=Popular Mechanics|access-date=2018-01-27|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Humanity Star]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a15892673/satellites-orbit-naked-eye-humanity-star/|title=Space-Spotting: How To See Humanity Star and Other Objects in Orbit|date=2018-01-26|work=Popular Mechanics|access-date=2018-01-27|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration|IMAGE]], Explorer 78
*[[LAGEOS]]
*[[LAGEOS]]
**LAGEOS 1
**LAGEOS 1
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*Rigid Sphere 1 (AVL-802H)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-067P |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-08-07 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Rigid Sphere 1 (AVL-802H)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-067P |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-08-07 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Rigid Sphere 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-067E |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-08-07 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Rigid Sphere 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1971-067E |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1971-08-07 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*[[Seasat]]
*[[Solrad 8]], Explorer 30
*[[Sfera (satellite)|Sfera]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sfera-53.htm |title=Sfera-53 (TEKh-44, Vektor-T) |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date= |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*[[Sfera (satellite)|Sfera]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sfera-53.htm |title=Sfera-53 (TEKh-44, Vektor-T) |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date= |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*[[Starshine (satellite)|Starshine]]
*[[Starshine (satellite)|Starshine]]
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*Starlette<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1975-010A |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1975-02-06 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Starlette<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1975-010A |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1975-02-06 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Stella<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1993-061B |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1993-09-26 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*Stella<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1993-061B |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |website=Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov |date=1993-09-26 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Transit Research and Attitude Control|TRAAC]]
*WESTPAC 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/westpac.htm |title=WESTPAC 1 |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date=1995-12-02 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>
*WESTPAC 1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/westpac.htm |title=WESTPAC 1 |website=Space.skyrocket.de |date=1995-12-02 |accessdate=2016-02-13}}</ref>


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*[[Balloon satellite]]s
*[[Balloon satellite]]s
*[[Satellite geodesy]]
*[[Satellite geodesy]]

* [[DODGE (satellite)|DODGE]]
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 17:10, 1 January 2020

Starshine 2 deployed into space from Space Shuttle Endeavour, in 2001
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List of passive satellites is a listing of inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes typically various reflector type satellites used for geodesy and atmospheric measurements

Passive satellites

Mostly passive satellites

See also

References

  1. ^ "BLITS". ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  2. ^ "Calsphere 1, 2, 3, 4". Space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  3. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1971-02-17. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  4. ^ a b "Dragsphere 1, 2". Space.skyrocket.de. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  5. ^ Lindborg, Christina. "Etalon". Russia and Navigation Systems. Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1995-04-19. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  7. ^ "Space-Spotting: How To See Humanity Star and Other Objects in Orbit". Popular Mechanics. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  8. ^ "Larets". space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  9. ^ "Larets". ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  10. ^ "LCS 1". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NSSDCA. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  11. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1996-05-22. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  12. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 2001-12-10. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  13. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  14. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  15. ^ "Sfera-53 (TEKh-44, Vektor-T)". Space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  16. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1999-06-05. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  17. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1975-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  18. ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. 1993-09-26. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  19. ^ "WESTPAC 1". Space.skyrocket.de. 1995-12-02. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  20. ^ "Starshine 3 (Starshine-OSCAR 43, SO 43)". Space.skyrocket.de. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  21. ^ Donald H. Martin (2000). Communication Satellites. AIAA. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-884989-09-4.