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- From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
- Subject: Re: Hubble
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <BxqL15.DJ2@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:17:07 GMT
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- In article <BxqL15.DJ2@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >
- >The really interesting space
- >telescopes are the small ones, not the megaprojects. Anybody got a list
- >of *those* projects?
-
- Here is a list of past (from roughly the Challenger accident on) and future
- astronomy missions that I am aware of. It is by no means complete. In fact,
- if you know of a mission that isn't here, please email me and I'll update my
- list.
-
- Date Payload Agency Vehicle
- ---- ------- ------ -------
- 17 Nov 89 Cosmic Background Explorer NASA Delta I
- 24 Apr 90 Hubble Space Telescope NASA STS-31 Discovery
- Jun 90 Roentgen Satellite DARA/NASA Delta I
- 02 Dec 90 Astro; Broad Band X-Ray Telescope NASA STS-35 Columbia
- 05 Apr 91 Compton Gamma Ray Observatory NASA STS-37 Atlantis
- 07 Jun 92 Extreme Ultra-Violet Explorer NASA Delta II
- 13 Jan 93 Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer NASA STS-54 Endeavour
- 11 Mar 93 SPARTAN-201 1 NASA STS-56 Discovery
- 30 Jun 93 SPAS-ORFEUS NASA STS-51 Discovery
- 07 Dec 93 Hubble Revisit 1; COSTAR NASA STS-61 Endeavour
- 16 Apr 94 SPARTAN-204 NASA STS-63 Atlantis
- 21 May 94 SPARTAN-201 2 NASA STS-64 Discovery
- 01 Oct 94 SPAS-CRISTA NASA STS-66 Atlantis
- 94 Infrared Space Observatory ESA Ariane
- 10 Jan 95 Astro 2 NASA STS-68 Endeavour
- 95 Spectrum X-Gamma Russia Proton
- 11 Jun 96 SPARTAN-201 3 NASA STS-78 Columbia
- 06 Jun 97 Hubble Revisit 2 NASA STS-86 Discovery
- 14 Jul 98 Advanced Xray Astrophysics Facility NASA STS-94 Endeavour
-
- Acronyms
- --------
- SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite
- ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
- CRISTA Cryogenic Infrared Space Telescope Assembly
- SPARTAN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
-
- Note: The SPAS and SPARTAN payloads are only partial Shuttle payloads.
-
- The list of Shuttle missions is rather long, but the observing time for
- each is rather short. An optimist would say NASA has gotten out of the
- megaproject mentality. A pessimist....Henry?
-
- Mike
-
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