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List of Orbiting Telescopes – Visible

Name Agency Launched Terminated Orbit
Astrosat ISRO Apr-09 Earth orbit (650 km)
COROT CNES & ESA 27-Dec-06 Earth orbit (872–884 km)
Dark Energy Space Telescope NASA & DOE TBA
Gaia mission ESA 2011
Hipparcos ESA 8-Aug-89 Mar-93 Earth orbit (223–35,632 km)
Hubble Space Telescope NASA 24-Apr-90 Earth orbit (586.47–610.44 km)
Kepler Mission NASA 6-Mar-09
MOST CSA 30-Jun-03 Earth orbit (819–832 km)
SIM Lite Astrometric Observatory NASA 2015
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer NASA 20-Nov-04 Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Terrestrial Planet Finder NASA TBA

Hipparcos Telescope

Completely and Utterly taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes


List of Orbiting Telescopes – Ultraviolet

Name Agency Launched Terminated  Orbit
Astro 2 NASA 2-Mar-93 18-Mar-93 Earth orbit (349–363 km)
Astron IKI 23-Mar-83 Jun-89 Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) SRON 30-Aug-74 Jun-76 Earth orbit (266–1176 km)
Astrosat ISRO 0April 2009 Earth orbit (650 km)
Broad Band X-ray Telescope / Astro 1 NASA 2-Dec-90 11-Dec-90 Earth orbit (500 km)
Copernicus Observatory NASA 21-Aug-72 1980 Earth orbit (713–724 km)
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer (CHIPS) NASA 13-Jan-03 Earth orbit (578–594 km)
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) NASA 7-Jun-92 30-Jan-02 Earth orbit (515–527 km)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) NASA & CNES & CSA 24-Jun-99 12-Jul-07 Earth orbit (752–767 km)
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) NASA 28-Apr-03 Earth orbit (691–697 km)
Hubble Space Telescope NASA 24-Apr-90 Earth orbit (586.47–610.44 km)
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) ESA & NASA & SERC 26-Jan-78 30-Sep-96 Earth orbit (32,050–52,254 km)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Satellite 4 (Kaistsat 4) KARI 27-Sep-03 Earth orbit (675–695 km)
OAO-2 NASA 7-Dec-68 Jan-73 Earth orbit (749–758 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer NASA 20-Nov-04 Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer (TAUVEX) Israeli Space Agency 2008

 

Completely and utterly taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes


List of Orbiting Telescopes – X-Rays

X-Rays        
 

Name
Agency Launched Terminated
Orbit
1st High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 1) NASA 1977-08-1212 August 1977 9-Jan-79 Earth orbit (445 km)
3rd High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 3) NASA 1979-09-2020 September 1979 29-May-81 Earth orbit (486.4–504.9 km)
A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey (ABRIXAS) DLR 1999-04-2828 April 1999 1-Jul-99 Earth orbit (549–598 km)
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA) NASA & ISAS 20-Feb-93 2-Mar-01 Earth orbit (523.6–615.3 km)
AGILE ISA 23-Apr-07 Earth orbit (524–553 km)
Ariel V SRC & NASA 15-Oct-74 14-Mar-80 Earth orbit (520 km)
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors (Alexis) LANL 25-Apr-93 2005 Earth orbit (749–844 km)
Aryabhata ISRO 19-Apr-75 23-Apr-75 Earth orbit (563–619 km)
Astron IKI 23-Mar-83 Jun-89 Earth orbit (2,000—200,000 km)
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS) SRON 30-Aug-74 Jun-76 Earth orbit (266–1176 km)
Astrosat ISRO Apr-09 Earth orbit (650 km)
BeppoSAX ASI 30-Apr-96 30-Apr-02 Earth orbit (575–594 km)
Broad Band X-ray Telescope / Astro 1 NASA 2-Dec-90 11-Dec-90 Earth orbit (500 km)
Chandra X-ray Observatory NASA 23-Jul-99 Earth orbit (9,942–140,000 km)
Constellation-X Observatory NASA TBA
Cos-B ESA 9-Aug-75 25-Apr-82 Earth orbit (339.6–99,876 km)
Cosmic Radiation Satellite (CORSA) ISAS 6-Feb-76 6-Feb-76 Failed launch
Dark Universe Observatory NASA TBA Earth orbit (600 km)
Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) NASA 13-Nov-78 26-Apr-81 Earth orbit (465–476 km)
EXOSAT ESA 26-May-83 8-Apr-86 Earth orbit (347–191,709 km)
Ginga (Astro-C) ISAS 5-Feb-87 1-Nov-91 Earth orbit (517–708 km)
Granat CNRS & IKI 1-Dec-89 25-May-99 Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
Hakucho ISAS 21-Feb-79 16-Apr-85 Earth orbit (421–433 km)
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE 2) NASA 9-Oct-00 Earth orbit (590–650 km)
International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) ESA 17-Oct-02 Earth orbit (639–153,000 km)
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) NASA Aug-10 Earth orbit (525 km)
ROSAT NASA & DLR 1-Jun-90 12-Feb-99 Earth orbit (580 km)
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer NASA 30-Dec-95 Earth orbit (409 km)
Spectrum-X-Gamma IKI & NASA 2010
Suzaku (ASTRO-E2) JAXA & NASA 10-Jul-05 Earth orbit (550 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer NASA 20-Nov-04 Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Tenma ISAS 20-Feb-83 19-Jan-89 Earth orbit (489–503 km)
Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-C) NASA 7-May-75 Apr-79 Earth orbit (509–516 km)
Uhuru NASA 12-Dec-70 Mar-73 Earth orbit (531–572 km)
X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Mission (XEUS) ESA 2018
XMM-Newton ESA 10-Dec-99 Earth orbit (7,365–114,000 km)

Completely and utterly taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes


List of Orbiting Telescopes – Gamma Rays

Gamma Rays Agency Launched Terminated Orbit
3rd High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 3) NASA 20-Sep-79 29-May-81 Earth orbit (486.4–504.9 km)
Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE) ISA 23-Apr-07 Earth orbit (524–553 km)
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) NASA 5-Apr-91 4-Jun-00 Earth orbit (362–457 km)
Cos-B ESA 9-Aug-75 25-Apr-82 Earth orbit (339.6–99,876 km)
Gamma RSA 1-Jul-90 1992 Earth orbit (375 km)
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope NASA 11-Jun-08 Earth orbit (555 km)
Granat CNRS & IKI 1-Dec-89 25-May-99 Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE 2) NASA 9-Oct-00 Earth orbit (590–650 km)
International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) ESA 17-Oct-02 Earth orbit (639–153,000 km)
Low Energy Gamma Ray Imager (LEGRI) INTA 19-May-97 Earth orbit (600 km)
Second Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS 2) NASA 15-Nov-72 8-Jun-73 Earth orbit (443–632 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer NASA 20-Nov-04 Earth orbit (585–604 km)

 

Completely and utterly taken from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes


Astronomy Picture of the Day

Hey kiddos: Here is an awesome link for astronomy pictures. Try it out. I’ll also put it in my links so it is easy to find.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Merging galaxies


Pug Puppy

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A pug puppy that looks just like my puppy, Squishy.


Hello

Welcome to my blog. I plan on adding stuff I find cool and homework when the school year starts.