List of passive satellites explained

List of passive satellites is a listing of inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes various reflector type satellites typically used for geodesy and atmospheric measurements.

Passive satellites

• Calsphere
  • Calsphere 1A
  • Calsphere 2
  • Calsphere 3
  • Calsphere 4
  • Calsphere 4A
  • Calsphere 5^[1]
• Dragsphere 1^[2]
• Dragsphere 2^[2]
• Enoch^[3]
• Explorer 9
• GFZ-1^[4]
• Humanity Star^[5]
• LCS-1^[6]
• PAGEOS
• PAMS-STU, see STS-77^[7]
• POPACS^[8]
• Reflector^[9]
• PasComSat
• Rigid Sphere 1 (AVL-802H)^[10]
• Rigid Sphere 2^[11]
• Sfera^[12]

Dedicated laser ranging satellites

Mostly passive satellites

• Starshine 3^[13]
• Echo project^[14]
  • Echo 1 (Echo 1A)
  • Echo 2
• Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster
• Hayabusa2
  • Deployable camera 3 (DCAM3)
  • Small Carry-On Impactor (SCI)
  • Target Marker B
  • Target Marker A
  • Target Marker E (Explorer)
  • Target Marker C (Sputnik/Спутник)
• Tianwen-1
  • Tianwen-1 Deployable Camera 1
  • Tianwen-1 Remote Camera
  • Tianwen-1 Deployable Camera 2

See also

• List of laser ranging satellites
• Lunar Laser Ranging experiment
• Balloon satellites
• Satellite geodesy

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 1971-02-17 . 2016-02-13.
2. Web site: Dragsphere 1, 2 . Space.skyrocket.de . 2014-09-19 . 2016-02-13.
3. Web site: Enoch - Gunter's Space Page . space.skyrocket.de . 2020-07-19.
4. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 1995-04-19 . 2016-02-13.
5. News: Space-Spotting: How To See Humanity Star and Other Objects in Orbit. 2018-01-26. Popular Mechanics. 2018-01-27. en-US.
6. Web site: LCS 1. NSSDCA Master Catalog. NSSDCA. 16 June 2016.
7. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 1996-05-22 . 2016-02-13.
8. Web site: POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere) . directory.eoportal.org . 2020-07-18.
9. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 2001-12-10 . 2016-02-13.
10. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 1971-08-07 . 2016-02-13.
11. Web site: NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details . Nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov . 1971-08-07 . 2016-02-13.
12. Web site: Sfera-53 (TEKh-44, Vektor-T) . Space.skyrocket.de . 2016-02-13.
13. Web site: Starshine 3 (Starshine-OSCAR 43, SO 43) . Space.skyrocket.de . 2016-02-13.
14. Book: Donald H. Martin. Communication Satellites. 2000. AIAA. 978-1-884989-09-4. 4.