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  2. List of Mars orbiters - Wikipedia

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    Artist's rendering of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiting Mars. The following table is a list of Mars orbiters, consisting of space probes which were launched from Earth and are currently orbiting Mars. As of August 2023, there have been 18 spacecraft missions operating in Mars' orbit, 7 of which are currently active.

  3. Satellites of Mars - Wikipedia

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    The satellites of Mars include : Non functional but (probably) orbiting: Viking 1 & 2 orbiter; Mariner 9; Mars Global Surveyor; Mars 2, 3, 5; Phobos 2;

  4. Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikipedia

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    The satellites were intended to test Distant retrograde orbit. [33] Tracking data appears to show China is attempting to salvage spacecraft and they appear to have succeeded in reaching their desired orbit. [34] [35] China: Queqiao-2: Moon: Success

  5. List of active Solar System probes - Wikipedia

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    The oldest active spacecraft for Mars is 2001 Mars Odyssey. 2001 Mars Odyssey. Mission: Mars Odyssey was designed to map the surface of Mars and also acts as a relay for the Curiosity rover. [5] Its name is a tribute to the novel and 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Launched: 7 April 2001; Destination: Mars; Arrival: 24 October 2001 ...

  6. List of objects at Lagrange points - Wikipedia

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    "Lunar Far-Side Communication Satellites" Earth–Moon L 2: NASA: Proposed in 1968 for communications on the far side of the Moon during the Apollo program, mainly to enable an Apollo landing on the far side—neither the satellites nor the landing were ever realized. [45] Space colonization and manufacturing Earth–Moon L 4 or L 5 —

  7. List of missions to Mars - Wikipedia

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    There is a proposal to use the Optical Navigation Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to search for small moons, dust rings and old orbiters. [45] As of 2016, there were believed to be eight derelict spacecraft in orbit around Mars (barring unforeseen event). [46] The Viking 1 orbiter was not expected to decay until at least 2019. [47]

  8. List of space telescopes - Wikipedia

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    The Hubble Space Telescope Comparison between many space telescopes by diameter Overview of active and future telescopes (as of January 2021) This list of space telescopes ( astronomical space observatories ) is grouped by major frequency ranges : gamma ray , x-ray , ultraviolet , visible , infrared , microwave , and radio .

  9. List of spaceflight records - Wikipedia

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    The record for most time in space is held by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has spent 1,111 days in space over five missions. He broke the record of Gennady Padalka on 4 February 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC during his fifth spaceflight aboard Soyuz MS-24 / 25 for a one year long-duration mission on the ISS . [ 21 ]