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* [[Explorer 1]] | * [[Explorer 1]] | ||
* [[GOES]] - [[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite]] program | * [[GOES]] - [[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite]] program | ||
===Lunar Probes=== | |||
* [[Project Luna|Luna]] | |||
* [[Lunar Orbiter]] | |||
* [[Pioneer]] | |||
* [[Ranger]] | |||
* [[Surveyor]] | |||
===Planetary Probes=== | ===Planetary Probes=== | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 12 May 2007
Spacecraft is a generic term used to describe all vehicles that are designed to fly in space. Normally this would apply to vehicles that reach orbit. However, spacecraft is also used to describe vehicles that reach space, normally defined as 100,000 meters altitude, on a sub-orbital flight.
A satellite is an unmanned vehicles that orbit the earth, or other space body.
Classes of Spacecraft
Manned Spacecraft
Earth Orbit Satellites
Lunar Probes
Planetary Probes
Interplanetary Probes
Sounding Rockets
Spacecraft in Literature & Art
- Bellerophon - Colonist ship named in Forbidden Planet
- Starship Enterprise - Inter-stellar ship from the Star Trek series.
- Serenity - Inter-stellar ship from the Firefly television series.
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