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| COS-B |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Gamma-ray astronomy |
| Mission Phase |
Archived |
| Launch Date |
9 August 1975 |
| Mission End |
25 April 1982 |
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| IUE |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Ultraviolet astronomy |
| Mission Phase |
Archived |
| Launch Date |
26 Januari 1978 |
| Mission End |
30 September 1996 |
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| Exosat |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
X-ray astronomy |
| Mission Phase |
Archived |
| Launch Date |
26 May 1983 |
| Mission End |
9 April 1986 |
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 |
| Hipparcos |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Astrometry |
| Mission Phase |
Archived |
| Launch Date |
8 August 1989 |
| Mission End |
15 August 1993 |
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| Hubble Space Telescope |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
UV/optical/near-IR astronomy |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
24 April 1990 |
| Mission End |
31 December 2014 (extended mission), subject to a mid-term review in 2012 |
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| ISO |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Infrared astronomy |
| Mission Phase |
Archived |
| Launch Date |
17 November 1995 |
| Mission End |
8 April 1998 |
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| XMM-Newton |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
X-ray spectroscopy |
| Project Scientist |
Norbert Schartel |
| Mission Manager |
Arvind Parmar |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
10-Dec-1999 14:32 UT |
| Mission End |
31 December 2014 (extended mission), subject to a mid-term review in 2012 |
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 |
| Integral |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Gamma-ray astronomy |
| Project Scientist |
Christoph Winkler |
| Mission Manager |
Arvind Parmar |
| Mission Type |
M-class |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
20 October 2002 |
| Mission End |
31 December 2014 |
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 |
| Herschel |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Far-infrared and submillimetre astronomy |
| Project Scientist |
Göran Pilbratt |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
14 May 2009 |
| Mission End |
2013 |
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 |
| Planck |
|---|
| |
| Project Scientist |
Jan Tauber |
| Primary Goal |
Cosmic microwave background |
| Mission Type |
M-class |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
14 May 2009 |
| Mission End |
2013 |
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| Gaia |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Next-generation astrometry mission |
| Mission Phase |
Implementation |
| Launch Date |
2013 |
| Mission End |
Nominal mission end after 5 years (2018) |
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| JWST |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Next-generation space telescope |
| Mission Phase |
Implementation |
| Launch Date |
2018 |
| Mission End |
To be determined |
|
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 |
| Lobster |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Map the whole sky to detect transient events |
| Mission Phase |
? |
| Launch Date |
? |
| Mission End |
? |
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| |
 |
| Suzaku (previously called Astro-E2) |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
X-ray observatory |
| Mission Phase |
Operational |
| Launch Date |
10 July 2005 |
| Mission End |
To be determined |
|
| |
 |
| Akari (previously called Astro-F) |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Infrared all-sky survey |
| Mission Manager |
Martin Kessler |
| Mission Phase |
Post-Helium phase |
| Launch Date |
21 February 2006 |
| Mission End |
To be determined |
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| Euclid |
|---|
| |
| Primary Goal |
Mapping the geometry of the dark Universe |
| Project Scientist |
Rene Laureijs |
| Mission Type |
M-class |
| Mission Phase |
Implementation |
| Launch Date |
2019 |
| Mission End |
6 years |
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