Space Exploration And Satellites (AKA @Elon)

Space exploration satellites are not really satellites at all; they are properly known as space probes. A satellite is defined as something that's orbiting something else, but space probes instead travel deep into the solar system. However, they are similar to orbiting satellites in design and function.

@article{owidspaceexplorationsatellites,
author = {Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser},
title = {Space Exploration and Satellites},
journal = {Our World in Data},
year = {2022},
note = {https://ourworldindata.org/space-exploration-satellites}
}