List of passive satellites

STARSHINE deployed from Endeavour during STS-108 in 2001.
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This is a listing of passive satellites – inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes various reflector type satellites typically used for geodesy and atmospheric measurements.

Passive satellites

Dedicated laser ranging satellites

This section is an excerpt from Satellite laser ranging § List of passive satellites.[edit]

Several dedicated laser ranging satellites were put in orbit:

Mostly passive satellites

See also

References

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