Probes to point L2, comets and asteroids
Brugge Gunter N
Probe Country Year Weight Note  
point L2 :        
WMAP USA 2001 840 orbiter
Herschel EU 2009 3 400 orbiter, diameter 3.5 m, infrared rad.
Planck EU 2009 1 950 orbiter, cosmic radiation
Gaia EU 2013 2 000 orbiter, position differencies
JWST USA+EU 2021 9 000 orbiter, diameter 6.5 m, infrared
         
comets :        
ISEE 3, ICE USA 1978 470 flyby, Giacobini-Zinner
Vega 1 USSR 1984 4920 flyby, Halley
Vega 2 USSR 1984 4920 flyby, Halley
Sakigake Japan 1985 140 flyby, Halley
Giotto EU 1985 960 flyby, Halley
Suisei Japan 1985 140 flyby, Halley
Deep Space 1 USA 1998 490 flyby, Borelly
Stardust USA 1999 380 comet coma sample return, Wild-2
Countour USA 2002 1000 failure
Rosetta EU 2004 3000 orbiter + lander, Churyumov Geras.
Deep Impact USA 2005 1020 flyby + impactor, Tempel 1
         
asteroids :        
NEAR Shoemaker USA 1996 820 orbiter and lander, Eros
Hayabusa Japan 2003 530 return with samples, Itokawa
Dawn USA 2007 1220 orbiter Vesta 2011, Ceres 2015
Hayabusa 2 Japan 2014 600 return with samples, 1999 JU3
OSIRIS-REx USA 2016 1 530 return with sample, Bennu
Lucy USA 2021 1 550 fly by Jupiter trojans
DART USA 2021 500 impactor to Didymos