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Loading contentEvery individual satellite modelled in the encyclopedia, across all applications.
| Name | Category | Operator | Orbit | Launched | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqua | Earth observation | NASA | Sun-synchronous | 2002 | Active |
| CALIPSO | Science | NASA / CNES | Sun-synchronous | 2006 | Retired |
| CloudSat | Science | NASA | Sun-synchronous | 2006 | Retired |
| Explorer 1 | Science | U.S. Army (ABMA) / JPL | LEO | 1958 | Retired |
| GOES-16 | Weather | NOAA | GEO | 2016 | Active |
| GOSAT (Ibuki) | Earth observation | JAXA / NIES | Sun-synchronous | 2009 | — |
| GRACE | Science | NASA / DLR | LEO | 2002 | Retired |
| GRACE-FO | Science | NASA / GFZ | LEO | 2018 | Active |
| Himawari-8 | Weather | Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) | GEO | 2014 | Active |
| Hipparcos | Astronomy | ESA | Highly elliptical | 1989 | Retired |
| ICESat-2 | Earth observation | NASA | Polar | 2018 | Active |
| Intelsat I (Early Bird) | Communications | Intelsat | GEO | 1965 | Retired |
| Jason-3 | Earth observation | NOAA / EUMETSAT / NASA / CNES | LEO | 2016 | Active |
| Landsat 1 | Earth observation | NASA | Sun-synchronous | 1972 | Retired |
| Landsat 8 | Earth observation | USGS | Sun-synchronous | 2013 | Active |
| Landsat 9 | Earth observation | USGS | Sun-synchronous | 2021 | Active |
| LightSail 2 | Technology | The Planetary Society | LEO | 2019 | Retired |
| Meteosat Second Generation | Weather | EUMETSAT | GEO | 2002 | Active |
| Molniya | Communications | Soviet space program | Molniya (HEO) | 1965 | Retired |
| NOAA-20 | Weather | NOAA | Sun-synchronous | 2017 | Active |
| Sentinel-1 | Earth observation | ESA | Sun-synchronous | 2014 | Active |
| Sentinel-2 | Earth observation | ESA | Sun-synchronous | 2015 | Active |
| Sentinel-3 | Earth observation | ESA | Sun-synchronous | 2016 | Active |
| SMAP | Science | NASA | Polar | 2015 | Active |
| SWOT | Earth observation | NASA / CNES | LEO | 2022 | Active |
| Telstar 1 | Communications | AT&T / Bell Labs | MEO | 1962 | Retired |
| Terra | Earth observation | NASA | Sun-synchronous | 1999 | Active |
| TIROS-1 | Weather | NASA | LEO | 1960 | Retired |
| Vanguard 1 | Technology | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory | MEO | 1958 | Retired (still in orbit) |
| WorldView-3 | Commercial | Maxar Technologies | Sun-synchronous | 2014 | Active |