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All Satellites

Every 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