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TheHubble Space Telescope
This list of space telescopes(astronomicalspace observatories) is grouped by majorfrequencyranges:gamma ray,x-ray,ultraviolet,visible,infrared,microwaveandradio. Telescopes that
work in multiple frequency bands are included in all of the appropriate sections. Space
telescopes that collect particles, such ascosmic raynuclei and/or electrons, as well as
instruments that aim to detectgravitational waves, are also listed. Missions that look solelywithin oursolar system, including theEarth, otherplanetswithin our system and ourSun, are
excluded; seeList of Solar System probesfor these.
Two values are provided for the dimensions of the initial orbit. For telescopes in Earth orbit, the
min and maxaltitudeare given inkilometers. For telescopes insolar orbit, the minimum distance
(periapsis) and the maximum distance (apoapsis) between the telescope and thecenter of massofthe sun are given inastronomical units(AU).
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1 Gamma ray 2 X-ray 3 Ultraviolet 4 Visible 5 Infrared 6 Microwave 7 Radio 8 Particle detection 9 Gravitational waves 10 References
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[edit] Gamma ray
Further information:Gamma ray astronomy
Gamma ray telescopes collect and measure individual, high energygamma raysfrom
astrophysical sources. These are absorbed by the atmosphere, requiring that observations aredone by high-altitudeballoonsor space missions. Gamma rays can be generated bysupernovae,
neutron stars,pulsarsandblack holes.Gamma ray bursts, with extremely high energies, havealso been detected but have yet to be identified.[1]
An illustration of theCompton Gamma Ray Observatory
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescopedrawing
An illustration ofGranat
NameSpace
Agency
Launch
Date
Terminated
Location Ref(s)
3rd High Energy
Astronomy Observatory
(HEAO 3)
NASA
20
September
1979
29 May
1981
Earth orbit (486.4504.9 km)
[2][3][3]
Astrorivelatore Gamma adImmagini LEggero
(AGILE)
ISA23 April
2007
Earth orbit (524
553 km)[4][5]
Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory(CGRO)NASA
5 April
19914 June 2000
Earth orbit (362
457 km)[6][7][8]
Cos-B ESA9 August
1975
25 April
1982
Earth orbit (339.699,876 km)
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Gamma USSR,
CNES,RSA1 July1990
1992 Earth orbit (375 km)[12]
Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope NASA
11 June
2008 Earth orbit (555 km)
[13]
Granat CNRS&IKI
1
December1989
25 May1999 Earth orbit (2,000
200,000 km)[14][15][16]
High Energy TransientExplorer 2(HETE 2)
NASA9 October
2000
Earth orbit (590650 km)
[17][18][19]
International Gamma Ray
Astrophysics Laboratory
(INTEGRAL)
ESA
17
October
2002
Earth orbit (639
153,000 km)[20][21]
Low Energy Gamma RayImager(LEGRI)
INTA 19 May
19972002 Earth orbit (600 km)
[22][23]
Second Small Astronomy
Satellite(SAS 2) NASA
15
November1972
8 June 1973Earth orbit (443
632 km)[24][25]
Swift Gamma Ray BurstExplorer
NASA
20
November
2004
Earth orbit (585604 km)
[26][27]
[edit] X-ray
Further information:X-ray astronomy
X-ray telescopes measure high-energyphotonscalledX-rays. These can not travel a longdistance through the atmosphere, meaning that they can only be observed high in the atmosphere
or in space. Several types of astrophysical objects emit X-rays, fromgalaxy clusters, through
black holesinactive galactic nucleito galactic objects such assupernova remnants,stars, andbinary starscontaining awhite dwarf(cataclysmic variable stars),neutron starorblack hole(X-ray binaries). Somesolar systembodies emit X-rays, the most notable being theMoon, although
most of the X-ray brightness of the Moon arises from reflected solar X-rays. A combination of
many unresolved X-ray sources is thought to produce the observedX-ray background.
TheAdvanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_(satellite)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_(satellite)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_programhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_programhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNEShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNEShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-gamma-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-gamma-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-glast-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-glast-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNRShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNRShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-granat-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-1999reentries-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-1999reentries-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_1-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_3-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_3-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRALhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRALhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRALhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-integral-19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-integral-19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGRIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGRIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGRIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_T%C3%A9cnica_Aeroespacialhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_T%C3%A9cnica_Aeroespacialhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-legri-21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-legri-21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasb-23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasb-23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_space_telescopes&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_space_telescopes&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_astronomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_astronomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_astronomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-rayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-rayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-rayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_clusterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_clusterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_clusterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_variable_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_variable_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_backgroundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_backgroundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_backgroundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ASCA.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_backgroundhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_binarieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_variable_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnanthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_galactic_nucleushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_holehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_clusterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-rayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_astronomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_space_telescopes&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasb-23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasb-23http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-legri-21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-legri-21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_T%C3%A9cnica_Aeroespacialhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGRIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGRIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-integral-19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-integral-19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRALhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRALhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_3-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_1-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-hete2_1-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer_2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-1999reentries-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-granat-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-granat-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNRShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granathttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-glast-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_Gamma-ray_Space_Telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-gamma-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNEShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_programhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_(satellite)8/4/2019 List of Space Telescopes
4/14
An artist's impression ofBeppoSAX
TheEinstein Observatory(HEAO 2)
NASA conception ofIXO
NameSpace
Agency
Launch
Date
Terminated
Location Ref(s)
1st High Energy
Astronomy Observatory(HEAO 1)
NASA12 August
1977
9 January
1979Earth orbit (445 km)
[28][29][30]
3rd High Energy
Astronomy Observatory(HEAO 3)
NASA
20
September1979
29 May
1981
Earth orbit (486.4504.9 km)
[2][3][3]
A Broadband Imaging X-
ray All-sky Survey
(ABRIXAS)
DLR28 April
19991 July 1999
Earth orbit (549598 km)
[31][32][33]
Advanced Satellite for
Cosmology and
Astrophysics(ASCA)
NASA&
ISAS
20
February
1993
2 March
2001
Earth orbit (523.6
615.3 km)[34][35]
AGILE ISA 23 April2007
Earth orbit (524553 km)
[4][5]
Ariel VSRC&NASA
15
October
1974
14 March1980
Earth orbit (520 km)[36][37]
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
LANL25 April
19932005
Earth orbit (749844 km)
[38][39][40]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeppoSAXhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeppoSAXhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeppoSAXhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXOhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXOhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXOhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao1-27http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao_1_3-29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao_1_3-29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatoryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao3-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao3_2-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-heao3_2-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Broadband_Imaging_X-ray_All-sky_Surveyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Broadband_Imaging_X-ray_All-sky_Surveyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Broadband_Imaging_X-ray_All-sky_Surveyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Aerospace_Centerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Aerospace_Centerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-abrixas-30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-abrixas_end-32http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-abrixas_end-32http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Satellite_for_Cosmology_and_Astrophysicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-asca-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-asca-33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGILE_(spacecraft)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGILE_(spacecraft)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Space_Agencyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-agile-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-agile-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Vhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Engineering_Research_Councilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_and_Engineering_Research_Councilhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-arielv-35http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-arielv-35http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_of_Low_Energy_X-ray_Imaging_Sensorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_of_Low_Energy_X-ray_Imaging_Sensorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_of_Low_Energy_X-ray_Imaging_Sensorshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANLhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-alexis-37http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-alexis_completed-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-alexis_completed-39http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IXOFlyby3Small.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heao_b.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BeppoSAX.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IXOFlyby3Small.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heao_b.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BeppoSAX.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopeshttp://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List of Space Telescopes
5/14
(Alexis)
Aryabhata ISRO19 April
1975
23 April
1975
Earth orbit (563619 km)
[41]
Astron IKI23 March
1983June 1989
Earth orbit (2,000
200,000 km)[42][43][44]
Astronomical Netherlands
Satellite(ANS)SRON
30 August
1974June 1976
Earth orbit (266
1176 km)[45][46]
Astrosat ISRO 2011 Earth orbit (650 km)[47][48]
BeppoSAX ASI30 April
199630 April
2002Earth orbit (575
594 km)[49][50][51]
Broad Band X-ray
Telescope/ Astro 1NASA
2
December
1990
11
December
1990
Earth orbit (500 km)[52][53]
Chandra X-rayObservatory
NASA23 July1999
Earth orbit (9,942
140,000 km)[54][55]
Cos-B ESA9 August
1975
25 April
1982
Earth orbit (339.6
99,876 km)[9][10][11]
Cosmic Radiation Satellite
(CORSA)ISAS
6February
1976
6 February
1976Failed launch [56][57]
Dark UniverseObservatory
NASA TBA Earth orbit (600 km)[58][59]
Einstein Observatory(HEAO 2)
NASA
13
November
1978
26 April1981
Earth orbit (465476 km)
[60][61]
EXOSAT ESA26 May
19838 April1986
Earth orbit (347
191,709 km)[62][63][64]
Ginga(Astro-C) ISAS
5
February
1987
1 November
1991
Earth orbit (517708 km)
[65][66][67]
Granat CNRS&
IKI
1
December
1989
25 May1999
Earth orbit (2,000200,000 km)
[14][15][16]
Hakucho ISAS
21February
1979
16 April
1985
Earth orbit (421
433 km)[68][69][70]
High Energy Transient
Explorer 2(HETE 2)NASA
9 October
2000
Earth orbit (590
650 km)[17][18][19]
International Gamma Ray
Astrophysics Laboratory
(INTEGRAL)
ESA
17
October
2002
Earth orbit (639153,000 km)
[20][21]
International X-ray NASA TBA [71]
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List of Space Telescopes
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Observatory
Nuclear Spectroscopic
Telescope Array
(NuSTAR)
NASA
3
February
2012 Earth orbit (525 km)
[72][73]
ROSAT
NASA&
DLR
1 June
1990
12 February
1999 Earth orbit (580 km)
[74][75][76]
Rossi X-ray Timing
ExplorerNASA
30
December1995
Earth orbit (409 km)[77][78]
Spectrum-X-Gamma IKI&
NASA2010
[79]
Suzaku(ASTRO-E2)JAXA&
NASA
10 July
2005 Earth orbit (550 km)
[80][81]
Swift Gamma Ray BurstExplorer
NASA
20
November
2004
Earth orbit (585
604 km)[26][27]
Tenma ISAS
20February
1983
19 January
1989
Earth orbit (489
503 km)[82][83][84]
Third Small Astronomy
Satellite(SAS-C)NASA
7 May
1975April 1979
Earth orbit (509
516 km)[85][86][87]
Uhuru NASA
12
December
1970
March 1973Earth orbit (531
572 km)[88][89][90]
X-Ray Evolving Universe
Spectroscopy Mission(XEUS)
ESA
2018
[91]
XMM-Newton ESA
10
December1999
Earth orbit (7,365
114,000 km)[92][93]
[edit] Ultraviolet
Further information:Ultraviolet astronomy
Ultraviolet telescopes make observations atultravioletwavelengths, i.e. between approximately10 and 320nm. Light at these wavelengths is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere, so
observations at these wavelengths must be performed from the upper atmosphere or fromspace.[94]Objects emitting ultraviolet radiation include theSun, otherstarsandgalaxies.[95]
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yhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uv_nasa-94http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uv_nasa-94http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uv_nasa-94http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uv_nasa-94http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-cox2000-93http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanometrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet_astronomyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_space_telescopes&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-xmm-91http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-xmm-91http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMM-Newtonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-xeus-90http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEUShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEUShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uhuru3-89http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uhuru-87http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-uhuru-87http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhuru_(satellite)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasc3-86http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasc-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sasc-84http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Small_Astronomy_Satellitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-tenma3-83http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-tenma-81http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-tenma-81http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Space_and_Astronautical_Sciencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-swift-25http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma_Ray_Burst_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-suzaku-79http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-suzaku-79http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAXAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASTRO-Ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-sxg-78http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Space_Research_Institutehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum-X-Gammahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-xte-76http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-xte-76http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossi_X-ray_Timing_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossi_X-ray_Timing_Explorerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-rosat3-75http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-rosat-73http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-rosat-73http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Aerospace_Centerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROSAThttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-nustar-71http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes#cite_note-nustar-71http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Spectroscopic_Telescope_Arrayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Spectroscopic_Telescope_Arrayhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_X-ray_Observatory8/4/2019 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TheFar Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
An artist's impression ofGALEX
TheCopernicus Observatoryin a clean room
NameSpace
Agency
Launch
Date
Terminated
Location Ref(s)
Astro 2 NASA2 March
1993
18 March
1993
Earth orbit (349363 km)
[96][97]
Astron IKI23 March
1983June 1989
Earth orbit (2,000
200,000 km)[42][43][44]
Astronomical Netherlands
Satellite(ANS)SRON
30 August
1974June 1976
Earth orbit (2661176 km)
[45][46]
Astrosat ISRO 2011 Earth orbit (650 km)[47][48]
Broad Band X-ray
Telescope/ Astro 1NASA
2
December1990
11
December1990
Earth orbit (500 km)[52][53]
Copernicus Observatory
(OAO-3)NASA
21 August
19721980
Earth orbit (713724 km)
[98]
Cosmic Hot InterstellarSpectrometer(CHIPS)
NASA13
January
Earth orbit (578594 km)
[99][100]
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2003
Extreme Ultraviolet
Explorer(EUVE)NASA
7 June
1992
31 January
2001
Earth orbit (515527 km)
[101][102]
Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer
(FUSE)
NASA&
CNES&
CSA
24 June
1999
12 July
2007
Earth orbit (752
767 km)
[103][104]
Galaxy Evolution Explorer
(GALEX)NASA
28 April
2003
Earth orbit (691697 km)
[105][106]
Hubble Space Telescope NASA&
ESA24 April
1990
Earth orbit (586.47610.44 km)
[107]
International Ultraviolet
Explorer(IUE)
ESA&
NASA&
SERC
26
January
1978
30
September
1996
Earth orbit (32,05052,254 km)
[108][109]
Korea Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology
Satellite 4(Kaistsat 4)
KARI
27
September
2003
Earth orbit (675
695 km)[110][111]
OAO-2 NASA7
December
1968
January
1973
Earth orbit (749
758 km)[98][112]
Swift Gamma Ray Burst
ExplorerNASA
20
November2004
Earth orbit (585
604 km)[26][27]
Tel Aviv University
Ultraviolet Explorer
(TAUVEX)
Israeli SpaceAgency
TBA [113]
[edit] Visible
Further information:Visible-light astronomy
The oldest form of astronomy, optical or visible-light astronomy extends from approximately400 to 700nm.[114]Positioning an optical telescope in space means that the telescope does not
see any atmospheric effects (seeastronomical seeing), providing higher resolution images.
Optical telescopes are used to look atstars,galaxies,planetary nebulaeandprotoplanetary disks,amongst many other things.[115]
Artist's impression ofHipparcos
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List of Space Telescopes
9/14
TheHubble Space Telescope
TheKepler Spacecraft Mission
Artist's impression of theSIM Lite Astrometric Observatory
NameSpace
Agency
Launch
Date
Terminated
Location Ref(s)
Advanced Technology
Large Aperture SpaceTelescope
SpaceTelescope
ScienceInstitute
2025
Sun-EarthL2
Lagrange point
[116]
Astrosat ISRO 2011 Earth orbit (650 km)[47][48]
COROTCNES&
ESA
27
December
2006
Earth orbit (872
884 km)[117][118]
Dark Energy SpaceTelescope
NASA&DOE
TBA [119]
Gaia mission ESA 2012 Sun-EarthL2
Lagrange point[120]
Hipparcos ESA 8 August1989
March 1993 Earth orbit (22335,632 km)
[121][122][123]
Hubble Space Telescope NASA24 April
1990
Earth orbit (586.47610.44 km)
[107]
Kepler Mission NASA6 March
2009
Earth-trailing
heliocentric orbit[124][125][126]
MOST CSA 30 June Earth orbit (819[127][128]
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