Non-exhaustive list of artificial objects that were sent to Lagrange points. Spacecraft orbiting these regions are in heliocentric orbit but are trapped in a Hill sphere: while their trajectory describes a circle around the Sun, they stay close to a celestial body as if they were in a high orbit, hence the need for a specific table.
Currently, there are solar observation probes orbiting the Sun-Earth system L1 Lagrange point (the closest to the Sun) and space telescopes at the L2 point (the furthest). Additionally, the Queqiao communications relay satellite is orbiting the Earth-Moon L2 point to support the Chang’e missions on the far side of our satellite.
Estimated number of artificial objects: 13
Estimated total mass: 17.4 tons
COSPAR ID | name | type | mission | quantity | dry mass (kg) | status | date/epoch (UTC) |
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1994-071A | WIND ISTP (INTERNATIONAL SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS) | Solar probe | WIND | 1 | 950 | active, Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point, probably object 2001DO47 | May 15, 2004 |
1995-065A | SOHO ISTP (INTERNATIONAL SOLAR TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS) | Solar probe | SOHO | 1 | 1614 | active, Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point | May 15, 1996 |
1997-045A | ACE (ADVANCED COMPOSITION EXPLORER) | Solar probe | EXPLORER 71 | 1 | 562 | active, Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point | December 12, 1997 |
2013-074A | GAIA SPACE OBSERVATORY | Space telescope | GAIA | 1 | 1573 | active, Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point | January 8, 2014 |
2015-007A | DSCOVR, TRIANA, GORESAT | Solar probe | DEEP SPACE CLIMATE OBSERVATORY, DSCOVR | 1 | 425 | active, Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point | June 8, 2015 |
2018-045A | QUEQIAO RELAY SATELLITE, CAST 100 BUS | Lunar orbiter | QUEQIAO, QUEQIAO-1, CHANG'E RELAY SATELLITE | 1 | 325 | active, Earth-Moon L2 Lagrange Point | June 14, 2018 |
2019-040A | SPEKTR-RG | Space telescope | SPEKTRUM-RONTGEN-GAMMA, SPEKTR-RG, SRG, SXG | 1 | 890 | active, Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point | July 13, 2019 |
2019-040A | eROSITA TELESCOPE | Scientific instrument | SPEKTRUM-RONTGEN-GAMMA, SPEKTR-RG, SRG, SXG | 1 | 810 | fixed to the probe | July 13, 2019 |
2019-040A | ART-XC TELESCOPE | Scientific instrument | SPEKTRUM-RONTGEN-GAMMA, SPEKTR-RG, SRG, SXG | 1 | 350 | fixed to the probe | July 13, 2019 |
2021-130A | JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, JWST | Space telescope | JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE, JWST | 1 | 5739 | active, Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point | January 24, 2022 |
2023-092A | EUCLID | Space telescope | EUCLID, DUNE, DARK UNIVERSE EXPLORER, SPACE, SPECTROSCOPIC ALL SKY COSMIC EXPLORER | 1 | 1900 | active, Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point | July 1, 2023 |
2023-132A | ADITYA-L1 | Solar probe | ADITYA-L1 | 1 | 1200 | active, Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange Point | September 2, 2023 |
2024-083A | GUIDAO QI | Lunar service module | CHANG'E 6 | 1 | 1100 | active, Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange Point | September 9, 2024 |