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Below are checklists of Asteroid-exploration satellites, including launch dates and images of the satellites. This is a work in progress, and completeness is our goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
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| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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(Muses-A) | Muses | Muses | ||
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| Muses-C / Hayabusa-1, MINERVA-1 (asteroid sample return) | 2003-05-09 | Muses-C | ||
| Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2, MASCOT, MINERVA-2 (asteroid sample return) | 2014-12-03 | Hayabusa-2 Hayabusa-2+MASCOT MINERVA-2 | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| NEAR / Shoemaker / Discovery-2 (Eros asteroid) | 1996-02-17 | NEAR NEAR NEAR (patch) | NEAR / Shoemaker | NEAR / Shoemaker |
| Dawn / Discovery-9 (Vesta and Ceres asteroids) | 2007-09-27 | Dawn Dawn Dawn (old configuration) | Dawn | Dawn |
| OSIRIS-REx / New Frontiers-3 (asteroid sample-return) | 2016-09-08 | OSIRIS-REx | OSIRIS-REx | OSIRIS-REx |
| Lucy / Discovery-13 (asteroid visits) | 2021-? | |||
| DART (asteroid impact) | Europe (ESA) | 2021-? | DART DART | |
| Psyche / Discovery-14 (asteroid visit) | 2022-? | |||
| Satellite | Country | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| Marco Polo (asteroid sample-return) | Europe (ESA) / Japan (JAXA) | Canceled | Marco Polo | Marco Polo | |
| PROCYON (asteroid flyby) | Japan (JAXA) | 2014-12-03 | PROCYON | PROCYON | PROCYON |
| Hera (asteroid flyby) | Europe (ESA) | 2024-? | Hera | Hera Hera | |
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