Starlette

Starlette (Satellite de taille adaptée avec réflecteurs laser pour les études de la terre, or lit. 'Satellite of suitable size with laser reflectors for studies of the earth') and Stella are nearly identical French geodetic and geophysical satellites. Starlette was launched on 6 February 1975 and Stella on 26 September 1993. Starlette was the first passive laser satellite developed.