List of planetary probes

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This list includes all individual planetary probes that have studied/were to/will study solar system objects:

(this list is still incomplete)

Contents

[edit] Solar probes

This list excludes Earth-orbiting observatories

  • Pioneer 5 (USA, 1960) - success
  • Pioneer 6 (USA, 1965) - success
  • Pioneer 7 (USA, 1966) - success
  • Pioneer 8 (USA, 1967) - success
  • Pioneer 9 (USA, 1968) - success
  • Helios 1 (USA/Germany, 1974) - success
  • Helios 2 (USA/Germany, 1976) - success
  • Ulysses (ESA/USA, 1994) - success - south polar observations
  • Ulysses (ESA/USA, 1995) - success - north polar observations
  • SOHO (ESA/USA, 1995-??) - success - solar monitor (still active)
  • Ulysses (ESA/USA, 2000) - success - south polar observations
  • Ulysses (ESA/USA, 2001) - success - north polar observations
  • Genesis (USA, 2001-2004) - partial success (crash landed upon reentry) - sample return
  • STEREO (USA, 2006) - launched
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[edit] Mercury probes

Main article: Exploration of Mercury
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  • MESSENGER (USA, 2008) - launched - flyby
  • MESSENGER (USA, 2008) - launched - flyby
  • MESSENGER (USA, 2009) - launched - flyby
  • MESSENGER(USA, 2011-12) - launched - orbiter
  • BepiColombo (ESA/Japan, ????-??) - under construction - orbiters
    • MPO (ESA, ????-??) - under construction - orbiter
    • MMO (Japan, ????-??) - under construction - orbiter
    • MSE (ESA, ????) - cancelled - lander

[edit] Venus probes

Main article: Exploration of Venus
  • Venera 1 (Soviet Union, 1961) - failure - flyby
  • Mariner 1 (USA, 1962) - failure - flyby
  • Mariner 2 (USA, 1962) - success - flyby
  • Zond 1 (Soviet Union, 1964) - failure - flyby
  • Venera 2 (Soviet Union, 1966) - failure - flyby
  • Venera 3 (Soviet Union, 1966) - failure - atmospheric probe
  • Venera 4 (Soviet Union, 1967) - success - atmospheric probe
  • Mariner 5 (USA, 1967) - success - flyby
  • Venera 5 (Soviet Union, 1969) - success - atmospheric probe
  • Venera 6 (Soviet Union, 1969) - success - atmospheric probe
  • Venera 7 (Soviet Union, 1970) - success - lander
  • Venera 8 (Soviet Union, 1972) - success - lander
  • Mariner 10 (USA, 1974) - success - flyby
  • Venera 9 (Soviet Union, 1975) - success - orbiter
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1975) - success - lander
  • Venera 10 (Soviet Union, 1975) - success - orbiter
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1975) - success - lander
  • Venera 11 (Soviet Union, 1978) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1978) - partial success - lander
  • Venera 12 (Soviet Union, 1978) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1978) - partial success - lander
  • Pioneer Venus Orbiter (USA, 1978-1992) - success - orbiter
  • Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (USA, 1978) - success
    • Bus
    • Large Probe - atmospheric probe
    • North Probe - atmospheric probe
    • Day Probe - atmospheric probe
    • Night Probe - atmospheric probe
  • Venera 13 (Soviet Union, 1982) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1982) - success - lander
  • Venera 14 (Soviet Union, 1982) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1982) - success - lander
  • Venera 15 (Soviet Union, 1983-1984) - success - orbiter
  • Venera 16 (Soviet Union, 1983-1984) - success - orbiter
  • Vega 1 (Soviet Union, 1985) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1985) - failure - lander
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1985) - success - atmospheric balloon
  • Vega 2 (Soviet Union, 1985) - success - flyby
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1985) - success - lander
    • ??? (Soviet Union, 1985) - success - atmospheric balloon
  • Galileo (USA, 1990) - success - flyby
  • Magellan (USA, 1990-1994) - success - orbiter
  • Cassini (USA, 1998) - success - flyby
  • Cassini (USA, 1999) - success - flyby
  • Venus Express (ESA, 2006-??) - in orbit - orbiter
  • MESSENGER (USA, 2006) - success - flyby
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[edit] Earth probes

See also Timeline of Earth science satellites

Flybys only

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  • Rosetta (ESA, 2007) - yet to arrive - flyby

[edit] Lunar probes

Main article: Exploration of the Moon
  • Pioneer 0 (USA, 1958) - failure - orbiter
  • Pioneer 1 (USA, 1958) - failure - orbiter
  • Pioneer 3 (USA, 1958) - failure - flyby
  • Luna 1 (Soviet Union, 1959) - success - flyby
  • Pioneer 4 (USA, 1959) - partial success - flyby
  • Luna 2 (Soviet Union, 1959) - success - impactor
  • Luna 3 (Soviet Union, 1959) - success - flyby
  • Ranger 3 (USA, 1962) - failure - impactor
  • Ranger 4 (USA, 1962) - success - impactor
  • Ranger 5 (USA, 1962) - partial failure - impactor (became flyby)
  • Luna 4 (Soviet Union, 1963) - partial failure - lander (became probe)
  • Ranger 6 (USA, 1964) - failure - impactor
  • Ranger 7 (USA, 1964) - success - impactor
  • Ranger 8 (USA, 1964) - success - impactor
  • Ranger 9 (USA, 1964) - success - impactor
  • Zond 3 (Soviet Union, 1965) - success - flyby
  • Luna 9 (Soviet Union, 1966) - success - lander
  • Luna 10 (Soviet Union, 1966) - success - orbiter
  • Surveyor 1 (USA, 1966) - success - lander
  • Luna 11 (Soviet Union, 1966) - success - orbiter
  • Surveyor 2 (USA, 1966) - crashed - lander
  • Luna 12 (Soviet Union, 1966-67) - success - orbiter
  • Luna 13 (Soviet Union, 1966) - success - lander
  • Lunar Orbiter 1 (USA, 1966) - success - orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 2 (USA, 1966-67) - success - orbiter
  • Explorer 35 (USA, 1967-73) - success - orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 3 (USA, 1967) - success - orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 4 (USA, 1967) - success - orbiter
  • Lunar Orbiter 5 (USA, 1967-68) - success - orbiter
  • Surveyor 3 (USA, 1967) - success - lander
  • Surveyor 4 (USA, 1967) - crashed - lander
  • Surveyor 5 (USA, 1967) - success - lander
  • Surveyor 6 (USA, 1967) - success - lander
  • Surveyor 7 (USA, 1968) - success - lander
  • Luna 14 (Soviet Union, 1968) - success - orbiter
  • Zond 5 (Soviet Union, 1968) - success - flyby
  • Zond 6 (Soviet Union, 1968) - success - flyby
  • Zond 7 (Soviet Union, 1969) - success - flyby
  • Luna 16 (Soviet Union, 1970) - success - sample return
  • Luna 17 (Soviet Union, 1970) - success - lander
    • Lunokhod 1 (Soviet Union, 1970-71) - success - rover
  • Zond 8 (Soviet Union, 1970) - success - flyby
  • Luna 19 (Soviet Union, 1971-72) - success - orbiter
  • Luna 20 (Soviet Union, 1972) - success - lander
  • Luna 21 (Soviet Union, 1973) - success - lander
    • Lunokhod 2 (Soviet Union, 1973) - success - rover
  • Luna 22 (Soviet Union, 1974-75) - success - orbiter
  • Luna 24 (Soviet Union, 1976) - success - lander
  • Hiten (Japan, 1990-93) - success - orbiter
    • Hagoromo (Japan, 1990) - failure - orbiter
  • Clementine (USA, 1994) - success - orbiter
  • Lunar Prospector (USA, 1998-99) - success - orbiter
  • SMART-1 (ESA, 2003-06) - success - orbiter
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[edit] Mars probes

Main article: Exploration of Mars
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[edit] Phobos probes

  • Phobos 1 (Soviet Union, 1988) - lost en route - lander
  • Phobos 2 (Soviet Union, 1988) - lost in orbit - lander
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[edit] Jupiter probes

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  • New Horizons (USA, 2007) - yet to arrive - flyby
  • Juno (USA, 2010) - under study - orbiter

[edit] Amalthea probes

[edit] Io probes

[edit] Europa probes

  • Galileo Orbiter (USA) - success - multiple flybys
  • Europa Orbiter (USA, ????) - cancelled - orbiter
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[edit] Ganymede probes

[edit] Callisto probes

[edit] Saturn probes

[edit] Mimas probes

[edit] Enceladus probes

[edit] Tethys probes

  • Cassini (USA, ????) - yet to arrive - multiple flybys

[edit] Dione probes

[edit] Rhea probes

  • Cassini (USA, ????) - yet to arrive - multiple flybys

[edit] Titan probes

[edit] Hyperion probes

[edit] Iapetus probes

  • Cassini (USA, 2005) - yet to arrive - multiple flybys

[edit] Phoebe probes

[edit] Uranus probes

[edit] Neptune probes

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[edit] Pluto probes

  • Pluto Fast Flyby (USA, 2010) - cancelled - flyby
  • Pluto Express (USA, 2012) - cancelled - flyby
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[edit] Asteroid probes

[edit] 1 Ceres

  • Dawn (USA, 2015) - planned - orbiter

[edit] 4 Vesta

  • Dawn (USA, 2011) - planned - orbiter

[edit] 21 Lutetia

[edit] 243 Ida

[edit] 243(1) Dactyl

[edit] 253 Mathilde

[edit] 433 Eros

[edit] 951 Gaspra

[edit] 2867 Šteins

[edit] 2685 Masursky

[edit] 3840 Mimistrobell

[edit] 4660 Nereus

  • Hayabusa (Japan, ????) - cancelled - sample return
    • SSV (USA, ????) - cancelled - rover
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  • NEAP (????) - sample return

[edit] 4979 Otawara

[edit] 5535 Annefrank

[edit] 9969 Braille

[edit] 25143 Itokawa

  • Hayabusa (Japan, 2005) - arrived - sample return
    • MINERVA (Japan, 2005) - failure - hopper
    • SSV (USA, ????) - cancelled - rover

[edit] 2002 JF56


[edit] Comet probes

[edit] 1P/Halley

  • Giotto (ESA, 1986) - success - flyby
  • Vega 1 (Soviet Union, 1986) - success - flyby
  • Vega 2 (Soviet Union, 1986) - success - flyby
  • Sakigake (Japan, 1986) - success - flyby
  • Suisei (Japan, 1986) - success - flyby

[edit] 2P/Encke

[edit] 6P/d'Arrest

[edit] 9P/Tempel

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  • Stardust (USA, 2010) - under consideration - flyby

[edit] 19P/Borrelly

[edit] 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

  • ISEE3/ICE (USA, 1985)
  • Sakigake (Japan, 1998) - failure - flyby
  • Suisei (Japan, 1998) - failure - flyby

[edit] 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup

[edit] 46P/Wirtanen

[edit] 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

  • Rosetta (ESA, 2014-15) - yet to arrive - orbiter
    • Philae (ESA, 2014) - yet to arrive - lander

[edit] 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

[edit] 81P/Wild 2

  • Stardust (USA, 2004) - success - flyby, sample return

[edit] 85P/Boethin

[edit] See also


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