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Old 18-October-2007, 10:44 PM
MattMarriott MattMarriott is offline
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Default Explicit answer:

Explicit answer:

---- These are hoaxes as explicitly mentioned
1a. Space Shuttle
1b. ISS

---- These are not hoaxes
2. Other satellites (communications, sensing, imaging, astronomy)
3. Commercial Earth-imaging satellites
4. Commercial communications satellites
5. Tracking (e.g., GPS) satellites

---- These are hoaxes, as defined by the Luna 1 line:
6. Spacecraft in lunar orbit (e.g., Selene, just launched by the Japanese).
7. Spacecraft in Sun-observing orbits (e.g., SOHO, Ulysses).
8. Spacecraft orbiting Mars/Jupiter/Saturn (e.g., Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter).
9. Spacecraft on interstellar trajectories (Pioneer 10/11, Voyager 1/2).