Mission Name Generator

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Generate mission names for covert operations, special forces raids, spy thrillers, space missions and video game levels. Blends real codename conventions (Operation Neptune Spear, Project Azorian, Apollo, Artemis) with original names in a list of 1,000, ready to drop into a briefing screen or chapter heading.

About mission names

Mission names come from three traditions, and knowing which one you are drawing on makes the difference between a codename that feels real and one that feels like a menu option. Military and intelligence codenames are meant to hide the objective, so the best ones are ordinary words with no connection to the target: Mincemeat, Gunnerside, Anthropoid, Ivy Bells, Azorian. When two words are used, the modern style pairs an adjective with a concrete noun (Neptune Spear, Red Wings, Gothic Serpent) and the US military even keeps a set of fixed emergency codewords such as Broken Arrow, Empty Quiver and Bent Spear for nuclear incidents. Space missions go the opposite way, choosing aspirational names from mythology and exploration: Apollo, Artemis, Voyager, Perseverance, Magellan, Europa Clipper.

Fiction adds a third register. Spy novels and heist films like codenames that sound like idle phrases with a double meaning (Dead Drop, Loose Thread, Cuckoo's Egg, Long Goodbye), while video games use mission titles as chapter headings, so a name like Last Light or Silent Running needs to work as a mood as well as a label. Trade names (Lamplighter, Locksmith, Watchmaker) are a classic intelligence flourish because they sound like a person you might have on your payroll.

The list below gathers real operations, projects and spacecraft alongside 500+ original codenames written to these rules. Choose the tradition your story or game belongs to and the mission will name itself.

How to choose mission names

  • Pick the tradition first: opaque single words for covert ops, adjective plus noun for modern military raids, mythic or exploratory names for space missions, and phrases with a double meaning for spy and heist stories.
  • A codename should never describe the objective; if the mission is to steal a submarine, Project Azorian is right and Project Submarine is wrong.
  • For a series of linked missions, share a theme (all birds of prey, all trades, all times of day) so the reader or player senses one campaign rather than random levels.
  • Say it in a briefing sentence: 'You are go for Cold Lantern' works; 'You are go for Operation Ultimate Vengeance Strike' does not.
  • Fixed codewords carry built-in meaning; using Broken Arrow correctly (a lost or damaged nuclear weapon) earns trust from readers who know the term.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a mission and an operation?

An operation is a planned military or intelligence undertaking, often large and long-running, while a mission is a specific task within it or a single sortie. In practice fiction uses both words loosely, and space agencies use mission for entire spacecraft programs like Voyager or Artemis.

How do spy agencies choose codenames?

Traditionally from lists of neutral words assigned so they reveal nothing about the target; the CIA's Project Azorian and Britain's Operation Mincemeat are classic examples. Fictional agencies often add wordplay, giving codenames a hidden meaning that pays off later in the story.

How are space missions named?

Usually after mythology (Apollo, Artemis, Juno, Psyche), explorers (Magellan, Cassini, Galileo) or the mission's spirit (Perseverance, Curiosity, Pathfinder). NASA rovers have been named through student essay contests, which is why they read as virtues rather than codewords.

Can I use these mission names in my game or book?

Yes. Historical mission and operation names are public record, and the original names on this list are free to use in fiction, games, tabletop campaigns and marketing without attribution.

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A: 31 names

  • Absolution
  • Abyssal Plain
  • Ace High
  • Across the River
  • Aditya-L1
  • Aerobrake
  • After the Flood
  • Akatsuki
  • Alembic
  • All Debts Paid
  • Alpine Hare
  • Amber Fathom
  • Apollo 11
  • Apollo 12
  • Apollo 13
  • Apollo 15
  • Apollo 17
  • Apollo 8
  • Apollo-Soyuz
  • Archivist
  • Arctic Tern
  • Artemis I
  • Artemis II
  • Ashen Causeway
  • Ashes to Embers
  • Astrolabe
  • Auctioneer
  • Aurora 7
  • Aurora Camp
  • Autumn Ledger
  • Azure Stirrup

B: 42 names

  • Back Door
  • Back Rank
  • Backwash
  • Bad Blood
  • Bait and Switch
  • Barometer Falling
  • Basalt Hammer
  • Bathysphere
  • Beacon Ridge
  • Beekeeper
  • Before the Storm
  • Behind the Curtain
  • Beneath the Ice
  • Bent Spear
  • BepiColombo
  • Beresheet
  • Beyond the Pale
  • Bitter Harvest
  • Black Ledger
  • Black Smoker
  • Blank Check
  • Blind Corner
  • Blind Date
  • Blowback
  • Blue Hole
  • Blue Marble
  • Bookbinder
  • Bookkeeper
  • Borrowed Thunder
  • Brass Section
  • Bread Basket
  • Bright Corridor
  • Brine Pool
  • Bring Them Back
  • Broken Arrow
  • Broken Cadence
  • Broken Vow
  • Bronze Halyard
  • Buried Anchor
  • Burning Bridges
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Buttonhook

C: 45 names

  • Callisto Station
  • Calm Before
  • Candlewick
  • Canyon Wren
  • Carousel
  • Cartographer
  • Cassini-Huygens
  • Castle Long
  • Cat and Mouse
  • Cat's Cradle
  • Ceres Relay
  • Chandra
  • Chandrayaan-1
  • Chandrayaan-2
  • Chandrayaan-3
  • Chang'e 5
  • Chang'e 6
  • CHEOPS
  • Chimney Sweep
  • Clean Break
  • Clean Slate
  • Clear Water
  • Clementine
  • Cloak and Dagger
  • Clockwinder
  • Closing Time
  • Cloud Ceiling
  • Coastal Fog
  • Cobalt Reach
  • COBE
  • Cold Deck
  • Cold Lantern
  • Cold Open
  • Cold Sleep
  • Continental Shelf
  • Copper Talon
  • Counterpoint
  • Crevasse Field
  • Crimson Bellows
  • Crooked Mile
  • Crossroads
  • Crow's Feet
  • Cuckoo's Egg
  • Curator
  • Curiosity

D: 29 names

  • Da Capo
  • Danger Close
  • Dark Territory
  • DART
  • Dead Drop
  • Dead Letter
  • Dealer's Choice
  • Deep Draft
  • Deep Field
  • Deep Impact
  • Deep Listen
  • Deep Space 1
  • Deimos Watch
  • Descant
  • Desert Thrush
  • Discovered Check
  • Distant Cousin
  • Distant Harbor
  • Dog Watch
  • Doldrums
  • Dormant Volcano
  • Double Exposure
  • Dragonfly
  • Drawn Curtain
  • Dry Crossing
  • Dry Thunder
  • Dull Sword
  • Dusky Petrel
  • Dust Settles

E: 22 names

  • Eager Lynx
  • Early Checkout
  • Earthrise
  • Eastern Gate
  • Ebb Tide
  • Echo 1
  • Eleventh Hour
  • Ember Vigil
  • Embers
  • Empty Quiver
  • Empty Throne
  • En Passant
  • Enceladus Plume
  • Endurance 9
  • Equinox 5
  • Euclid
  • Europa Clipper
  • Even Keel
  • Evening Star
  • Exfil
  • Expedition 1
  • Explorer 1

F: 36 names

  • Faded Giant
  • Fail-Safe
  • Fair Wind
  • Faith 7
  • Falcon Retrieval
  • Falconer
  • Fallen Idol
  • Falling Star
  • False Bottom
  • False Dawn
  • Far Horizon
  • Far Tether
  • Farside Listening
  • Farthest South
  • Fathom Line
  • Fencepost
  • Fermi
  • Ferryman
  • Fifth Column
  • Final Movement
  • Final Notice
  • Fire Sale
  • First Contact
  • First Light
  • Flagstone
  • Flint Parapet
  • Florist
  • Folded Map
  • Following Sea
  • Fool's Mate
  • Forwarding Address
  • Fox and Hounds
  • Freedom 7
  • Friendship 7
  • Front Man
  • Frozen Ledger

G: 26 names

  • Gaia
  • Galileo
  • Gamekeeper
  • Ganymede Sounding
  • Gardener
  • Gemini 12
  • Gemini 4
  • Gemini 8
  • Generation Ship
  • Genesis
  • Gilded Cage
  • Giotto
  • Glass Compass
  • Glass House
  • Glass Jaw
  • Glassblower
  • Going Dark
  • Golden Plover
  • Golden Record
  • Good Neighbor
  • Grace Note
  • GRAIL
  • Granite Falcon
  • Grey Dawn
  • Ground Fog
  • Ground Truth

H: 31 names

  • Hadal Zone
  • Harbinger 1
  • Harbor Pilot
  • Harbor Seal
  • Hard Copy
  • Hard Landing
  • Hard Rain
  • Harrier Descent
  • Hayabusa2
  • Helping Oar
  • Hera
  • Herschel
  • High Ground
  • High Noon
  • Hipparcos
  • Hitomi
  • Hole Card
  • Hollow Coin
  • Hollow Crown
  • Hollow Lantern
  • Hollow Victory
  • Home by Dawn
  • Homecoming
  • Homeward
  • Hostile Shore
  • House Edge
  • House Guest
  • Housekeeping
  • Hubble
  • Humble Badger
  • Hurdy-Gurdy

I: 14 names

  • Ice Station
  • Indigo Portcullis
  • Ingenuity
  • Inner Circle
  • Inside Man
  • InSight
  • Intermezzo
  • Into the Breach
  • Io Flyby
  • Ion Drift
  • IRAS
  • Iron Compass
  • Ivory Sabre
  • IXPE

J: 5 names

  • Jack-in-the-Box
  • Jade Rampart
  • JUICE
  • Jungle Drum
  • Juno

K: 9 names

  • Kaguya
  • Kelp Forest
  • Kepler
  • Kestrel Rising
  • Kettledrum
  • Kind Harbor
  • King's Indian
  • Knight Fork
  • Kuiper Crossing

L: 45 names

  • LADEE
  • Lagrange Point
  • Lame Duck
  • Lamplighter
  • Landfall
  • Landsat 1
  • Lantern Road
  • Lanyard
  • Last Call
  • Last Ferry
  • Last Light
  • Last Man Home
  • Last Trick
  • Late Edition
  • LCROSS
  • Leaden Sky
  • Lee Shore
  • Left Luggage
  • Level Bubble
  • Liberty Bell 7
  • Light Cone
  • Lighthouse Keeper
  • Linchpin
  • Lock and Key
  • Locked Room
  • Locksmith
  • Lodestar
  • Long Carry
  • Long Cruise
  • Long Dive
  • Long Goodbye
  • Long Lunch
  • Long Meridian
  • Long Odds
  • Loose Thread
  • Lost Luggage
  • Lower Deck
  • Lucy
  • Luna 16
  • Luna 2
  • Luna 24
  • Luna 9
  • Lunar Orbiter 1
  • Lunar Prospector
  • Lunokhod 1

M: 35 names

  • Magellan
  • Magpie's Nest
  • Mangalyaan
  • Mariner 10
  • Mariner 2
  • Mariner 4
  • Mariner 9
  • Mariner Valley
  • Marked Deck
  • Mars 3
  • Mars Express
  • Mars Global Surveyor
  • Mars Odyssey
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • Marsh Harrier
  • Master Key
  • Matchstick
  • MAVEN
  • Mended Net
  • Mercury-Atlas 6
  • Mercury-Redstone 3
  • Mercy Flight
  • MESSENGER
  • Midnight Sun
  • Midnight Traverse
  • Milliner
  • Millstone
  • Minor Key
  • Mir
  • Mirror Image
  • Missed Connection
  • Monsoon Clock
  • Morning Star
  • Mountain Ash
  • Muffled Drum

N: 20 names

  • Narrow Margin
  • Neap Tide
  • NEAR Shoemaker
  • Needle's Eye
  • New Horizons
  • New Tenant
  • Next of Kin
  • Night Porter
  • Night Stretcher
  • Nightjar
  • Nimble Stoat
  • Ninety South
  • Ninth Life
  • No Man's Land
  • No One Behind
  • No Way Back
  • Northern Lights
  • Northern Salt
  • Nothing Personal
  • Nozomi

O: 266 names

  • Oakum
  • Obsidian Watch
  • Ochre Sentinel
  • Odd Man Out
  • Old Flame
  • Old Wounds
  • Olympus Ascent
  • One Last Favor
  • Onyx Gauntlet
  • Oort Lantern
  • Open Lead
  • Open Secret
  • Open Tab
  • Open Window
  • Opening Chord
  • Operation Acoustic Kitty
  • Operation Aerial
  • Operation Ajax
  • Operation Allied Force
  • Operation Alphabet
  • Operation Anaconda
  • Operation Anthropoid
  • Operation Anvil
  • Operation Aphrodite
  • Operation Arctic Fox
  • Operation Argo
  • Operation Argus
  • Operation Babylift
  • Operation Bagpipe
  • Operation Bagration
  • Operation Banner
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Barkhane
  • Operation Barras
  • Operation Battleaxe
  • Operation Beggar
  • Operation Bernhard
  • Operation Biting
  • Operation Black Buck
  • Operation Blackbird
  • Operation Blackcock
  • Operation Blockbuster
  • Operation Bluecoat
  • Operation Bodenplatte
  • Operation Bodyguard
  • Operation Bolero
  • Operation Brevity
  • Operation Cactus
  • Operation Carpetbagger
  • Operation Cartwheel
  • Operation Castle
  • Operation Catapult
  • Operation Chariot

O, continued

  • Operation Charnwood
  • Operation Chastise
  • Operation Chattanooga
  • Operation Chowhound
  • Operation Chrome Dome
  • Operation Citadel
  • Operation Cobra
  • Operation Cobweb
  • Operation Colossus
  • Operation Compass
  • Operation Condor
  • Operation Coronet
  • Operation Corporate
  • Operation Crossbow
  • Operation Crossroads
  • Operation Crusader
  • Operation Cycle
  • Operation Cyclone
  • Operation Damocles
  • Operation Deliberate Force
  • Operation Desert Shield
  • Operation Desert Storm
  • Operation Detachment
  • Operation Diadem
  • Operation Diamond
  • Operation Dominic
  • Operation Downfall
  • Operation Dragoon
  • Operation Dynamo
  • Operation Eagle Claw
  • Operation Eclipse
  • Operation Enduring Freedom
  • Operation Entebbe
  • Operation Epsom
  • Operation Excess
  • Operation Exodus
  • Operation Faust
  • Operation Fishbowl
  • Operation Flavius
  • Operation Flintlock
  • Operation Focus
  • Operation Forager
  • Operation Fortitude
  • Operation Foxley
  • Operation Frankton
  • Operation Frantic
  • Operation Frequent Wind
  • Operation Freshman
  • Operation Freston
  • Operation Galvanic
  • Operation Gladio
  • Operation Gold
  • Operation Goodwood

O, continued

  • Operation Gothic Serpent
  • Operation Granby
  • Operation Grandslam
  • Operation Grapeshot
  • Operation Grapple
  • Operation Greif
  • Operation Grenade
  • Operation Grouse
  • Operation Gunnerside
  • Operation Hailstone
  • Operation Halberd
  • Operation Halifax
  • Operation Halyard
  • Operation Harpoon
  • Operation Herrick
  • Operation Herring
  • Operation Homecoming
  • Operation Husky
  • Operation Hydra
  • Operation Iceberg
  • Operation Ichi-Go
  • Operation Igloo White
  • Operation Inherent Resolve
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Operation Ivy
  • Operation Ivy Bells
  • Operation Jaywick
  • Operation Jonathan
  • Operation Jubilee
  • Operation Judgement
  • Operation Just Cause
  • Operation Kadesh
  • Operation Kayla Mueller
  • Operation Ke
  • Operation Keelhaul
  • Operation Kutuzov
  • Operation Lightfoot
  • Operation Linebacker
  • Operation Litani
  • Operation Little Saturn
  • Operation Little Vittles
  • Operation Long Jump
  • Operation Longcloth
  • Operation Looking Glass
  • Operation Lumberjack
  • Operation Lüttich
  • Operation Magic Carpet
  • Operation Manna
  • Operation Market Garden
  • Operation Mars
  • Operation Meetinghouse
  • Operation Meghdoot
  • Operation Menu

O, continued

  • Operation Mincemeat
  • Operation Mockingbird
  • Operation Mongoose
  • Operation Moses
  • Operation Mulberry
  • Operation Musketeer
  • Operation Neptune
  • Operation Neptune Spear
  • Operation Nickel Grass
  • Operation Nightingale
  • Operation Nimrod
  • Operation Noah's Ark
  • Operation Nordwind
  • Operation Northwoods
  • Operation Odyssey Dawn
  • Operation Olive
  • Operation Olympic
  • Operation Opera
  • Operation Orchard
  • Operation Osoaviakhim
  • Operation Overlord
  • Operation Palliser
  • Operation Paperclip
  • Operation Paraquet
  • Operation Passage to Freedom
  • Operation Pawan
  • Operation PBSuccess
  • Operation Peace for Galilee
  • Operation Pedestal
  • Operation Phantom Fury
  • Operation Pied Piper
  • Operation Platinum Fox
  • Operation Plumbbob
  • Operation Plunder
  • Operation Pluto
  • Operation Pointblank
  • Operation Polar Star
  • Operation Popeye
  • Operation Provide Comfort
  • Operation Ranch Hand
  • Operation Ratweek
  • Operation Red Dawn
  • Operation Red Wings
  • Operation Restore Hope
  • Operation Rimau
  • Operation Rolling Thunder
  • Operation Roundup
  • Operation Sandcastle
  • Operation Saturn
  • Operation Sea Lion
  • Operation Serval
  • Operation Shingle
  • Operation Silver Fox

O, continued

  • Operation Sledgehammer
  • Operation Solomon
  • Operation Source
  • Operation Spark
  • Operation Spring of Youth
  • Operation Starvation
  • Operation Steinbock
  • Operation Substance
  • Operation Sunrise
  • Operation Supercharge
  • Operation Susannah
  • Operation Tamarisk
  • Operation Telic
  • Operation Ten-Go
  • Operation Thunderbolt
  • Operation Tidal Wave
  • Operation Tiger
  • Operation Tombola
  • Operation Torch
  • Operation Totalize
  • Operation Tractable
  • Operation Trident
  • Operation Trojan Horse
  • Operation Undertone
  • Operation Unified Protector
  • Operation Unthinkable
  • Operation Uranus
  • Operation Urgent Fury
  • Operation Valiant Guardian
  • Operation Valkyrie
  • Operation Varsity
  • Operation Vengeance
  • Operation Veritable
  • Operation Vigilant Resolve
  • Operation Vigorous
  • Operation Vijay
  • Operation Vittles
  • Operation Watchtower
  • Operation Weserübung
  • Operation Wildhorn
  • Operation Winter Storm
  • Operation Wooden Leg
  • Operation Wrath of God
  • Operation Zapata
  • Operation Zipper
  • Opportunity
  • OSIRIS-REx
  • Osprey Return
  • Ostinato
  • Out of the Blue
  • Out of the Cold
  • Outbound Light
  • Outer Marker
  • Over the Wall

P: 126 names

  • Pack Ice
  • Pale Dot
  • Paper Tiger
  • Paperweight
  • Parker Solar Probe
  • Parking Orbit
  • Pathfinder
  • Patient Mason
  • Pawn Storm
  • Pawnbroker
  • Pearl Scabbard
  • Pedal Tone
  • Perigee Kick
  • Perseverance
  • Petty Cash
  • Pewter Heron
  • Philae
  • Phobos 2
  • Phobos Anchor
  • Piano Tuner
  • Pilgrim 3
  • Pioneer 10
  • Pioneer 11
  • Pioneer Venus
  • Planck
  • Plumb Line
  • Poisoned Pawn
  • Polar Night
  • Polite Fiction
  • Postage Due
  • Pressure Hull
  • Project Amber
  • Project Apollo
  • Project Aquatone
  • Project Argonaut
  • Project Artichoke
  • Project Ashfall
  • Project Aurora
  • Project Azorian
  • Project Bellwether
  • Project Blue Book
  • Project Bluebird

P, continued

  • Project Bumper
  • Project Chatter
  • Project Cinder
  • Project Cinnabar
  • Project Cloudbreak
  • Project Coldwater
  • Project Cornerstone
  • Project Corona
  • Project Cyclops
  • Project Daedalus
  • Project Echo
  • Project Emily
  • Project Excalibur
  • Project Firebrand
  • Project Gambit
  • Project Gemini
  • Project Glass Ceiling
  • Project Greenlight
  • Project Grudge
  • Project Habakkuk
  • Project Halcyon
  • Project Have Blue
  • Project Hermes
  • Project Hexagon
  • Project Horizon
  • Project Icarus
  • Project Iron Veil
  • Project Ironwood
  • Project Jennifer
  • Project Kempster
  • Project Keystone
  • Project Kingfisher
  • Project Lantern
  • Project Leeward
  • Project Lodestone
  • Project Long Shadow
  • Project Longshot
  • Project Manhattan
  • Project Marlin
  • Project Mercury
  • Project Meridian
  • Project Minaret

P, continued

  • Project MKUltra
  • Project Mogul
  • Project Nightfall
  • Project Nightingale
  • Project Nike
  • Project Orion
  • Project Osprey
  • Project Oxcart
  • Project Ozma
  • Project Phoenix
  • Project Pluto
  • Project Prometheus
  • Project Quiet Harbor
  • Project Rainbow
  • Project Redcap
  • Project Rover
  • Project Sable
  • Project Safeguard
  • Project Sapphire
  • Project Senior Trend
  • Project Sentinel
  • Project Shamrock
  • Project Sign
  • Project Signal Fire
  • Project Stargate
  • Project Starshine
  • Project Sundial
  • Project Tacit Blue
  • Project Tagboard
  • Project Talon
  • Project Thor
  • Project Ultra
  • Project Vanguard
  • Project Venona
  • Project Vespers
  • Project Whetstone
  • Project Windward
  • Project Wintergreen
  • Proof of Life
  • Proofreader
  • Psyche
  • Pyrrhic Dawn

Q: 7 names

  • Queen's Gambit
  • Queqiao
  • Quiet Anvil
  • Quiet Exit
  • Quiet Sextant
  • Quiet Word
  • Quillwork

R: 18 names

  • Rainy Day Fund
  • Rally Point
  • Ranger 7
  • Raven Recall
  • Reckoning
  • Red Harvest
  • Red Ochre Basin
  • Red Sky
  • Resolute Otter
  • Rest Bar
  • Restitution
  • Reveille
  • Rip Current
  • River Stone
  • Rope Team
  • Rosetta
  • Russet Bulwark
  • Rusted Hinge

S: 108 names

  • Sable Compass
  • Saddler
  • Safe Passage
  • Saffron Bastion
  • Salt Meridian
  • Saltbox
  • Salted Fields
  • Salyut 1
  • Sanctuary
  • Sandglass
  • Sastrugi
  • Scarlet Ibis
  • Scattered Ash
  • Scrimshaw
  • Sea Anchor
  • Sealed Envelope
  • Search Light
  • Second Chance
  • Second Deal
  • Second Earth
  • Second Fiddle
  • Seed Vault
  • Service Elevator
  • Seventh Seal
  • Sextant
  • Shelter Line
  • Shenzhou 5
  • Shenzhou 7
  • Shoehorn
  • Shooting Gallery
  • Short Fuse
  • Short Straw
  • Shrike Extraction
  • Shuttered Lamp
  • Sicilian Defense
  • Side Entrance
  • Sideboard
  • Sigma 7
  • Signalman
  • Silent Encore
  • Silent Ledger
  • Silent Partner
  • Silent Running
  • Silver Thistle
  • Sitting Duck
  • Sixth Sense
  • Skylab
  • Slack Water
  • Slate Mantis
  • Sledge Dog
  • Sleeping Dog
  • SLIM
  • Slow Burn
  • Slow Train

S, continued

  • Small Change
  • SMART-1
  • Smoke Rising
  • Snow Blind
  • Soft Target
  • SOHO
  • Sojourner
  • Sol Zero
  • Solar Orbiter
  • Solar Sail
  • Solstice 2
  • Sounding Lead
  • Southern Cross
  • Soyuz 11
  • Soyuz T-13
  • Spacelab 1
  • Spare Key
  • Spirit
  • Spitzer
  • Spring Cleaning
  • Spring Tide
  • Sputnik 1
  • Stalemate
  • Stalking Horse
  • Standard Candle
  • Standing By
  • Starboard Tack
  • Stardust
  • Starshade
  • Stationmaster
  • Steady Bridge
  • Steady Keel
  • Steep Gradient
  • Sterling Cormorant
  • Stolen Fire
  • Stone Soup
  • Stonecutter
  • Stopped Clock
  • Storm Jib
  • STS-1
  • STS-135
  • STS-31
  • STS-61
  • Stubborn Mule
  • Summer Squall
  • Sunken Bell
  • Supply Depot
  • Sure Footing
  • Surveyor 1
  • Suzaku
  • Swan Song
  • Swift Sickle
  • Switchman
  • Syncom 3

T: 33 names

  • Table Stakes
  • Tailor
  • Tawny Outrider
  • Teakettle
  • Tempered Steel
  • Terminator Line
  • TESS
  • Thatcher
  • Thaw Line
  • Thermocline
  • Thimble
  • Third Man
  • Third Rail
  • Thornbush
  • Threshold
  • Through the Looking Glass
  • Tiangong-1
  • Tianwen-1
  • Tilted Scale
  • Tinderbox
  • Tinsmith
  • TIROS-1
  • Titan Shoreline
  • Toll Collector
  • Tranquility Return
  • Transfer Window
  • Trench Line
  • Trip Wire
  • Triton Dusk
  • Trojan Camp
  • Trump Suit
  • Tundra Wolf
  • Typesetter

U: 7 names

  • Ulysses
  • Umber Citadel
  • Umbrella Stand
  • Under the Wire
  • Unpaid Bill
  • Upholsterer
  • Upper Hand

V: 14 names

  • Vanguard 1
  • Vega 1
  • Veiled Mirror
  • Venera 13
  • Venera 7
  • Venus Express
  • Verdant Picket
  • Vermilion Gate
  • Vigilant Heron
  • Viking 1
  • Viking 2
  • Voskhod 2
  • Vostok 1
  • Voyager 1

W: 21 names

  • Wainscot
  • Warm Blanket
  • Watchmaker
  • Waypoint
  • Weapons Free
  • Weather Gauge
  • Western Approach
  • Wheelwright
  • Whippoorwill
  • White Anvil
  • White Desert
  • White Elephant
  • Wild Goose
  • Wind Shear
  • Window Shopper
  • Winter Harvest
  • Winter Kestrel
  • Winter Quarters
  • WMAP
  • Wooden Horse
  • Woven Reed

X: 1 name

  • XMM-Newton

Y: 2 names

  • Yardarm
  • Yutu-2

Z: 7 names

  • Zenith 4
  • Zero Dark
  • Zero Hour
  • Zhurong
  • Zither
  • Zond 5
  • Zugzwang