Orbiter
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- For other meanings, see orbiter (disambiguation).
An orbiter is a space probe that orbits a planet.
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[edit] Successful orbiters (excluding Earth)
[edit] Asteroids
- NEAR Shoemaker (orbited 433 Eros, eventually landed but was not designed to do so)
- Hayabusa (studied 25143 Itokawa, technically not an orbiter, but rather followed the asteroid in its orbit around the Sun)
[edit] Jupiter
[edit] Mars
- Mariner 9
- Mars 2
- Mars 3
- Mars 5
- Viking 1
- Viking 2
- Phobos 2
- Mars Global Surveyor
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Mars Express
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
[edit] Mercury
[edit] Moon
- Luna 10
- Explorer 33
- Lunar Orbiter 1
- Luna 11
- Luna 12
- Lunar Orbiter 2
- Lunar Orbiter 3
- Lunar Orbiter 4
- Explorer 35
- Lunar Orbiter 5
- Luna 14
- Luna 19
- Explorer 49
- Luna 22
- Hiten
- Clementine
- Lunar Prospector
- Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- SMART-1
- SELENE
- Chang'e 1
- Chang'e 2
- Chandrayaan I
[edit] Saturn
[edit] Sun
- Pioneer 5
- Pioneer 6
- Pioneer 7
- Pioneer 8
- Pioneer 9
- Helios probes
- ISEE-3
- Ulysses
- WIND
- SOHO
- ACE
- Genesis
- STEREO probes
[edit] Venus
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