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==Ultraviolet space telescopes== [[File:M101 UIT.gif|thumb|Astro 2 UIT captures [[Pinwheel Galaxy|M101]] with ultraviolet shown in purple]] *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph]] on [[Apollo 16]] (April 1972) *{{flagicon|United States}} + [[ESRO]] - [[TD-1A]] (135-286 nm; 1972β1974) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Orbiting Astronomical Observatory]] (#2:1968-73. #3:1972-1981) *{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} - [[Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories]] (#1: 200-380 nm, 1971; #2: 200-300 nm, 1973) *{{flagicon|United States}} + {{flagicon|Netherlands}} - [[Astronomical Netherlands Satellite]] (150-330 nm, 1974β1976) *{{flagicon|United States}} + {{flagicon|European Union}} - [[International Ultraviolet Explorer]] (115-320 nm, 1978β1996) *{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} - [[Astron (spacecraft)|Astron-1]] (150-350 nm, 1983β1989) *{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} - Glazar 1 and 2 on [[Mir]] (in [[Kvant-1]], 1987β2001) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[FAUST (telescope)|FAUST]] (140-180 nm, in ATLAS-1 [[Spacelab]] aboard [[STS-45]] mission, March 1992)<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lampton, M., Sasseen, T. P., Wu, X., & Bowyer, S.|date=1993 |title=A study of the impact of the space shuttle environment on faint far-UV geophysical and astronomical phenomena |url= |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume= 20|issue=6 |pages=539β542|bibcode=1993GeoRL..20..539L |doi= 10.1029/93GL00093}}</ref> *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer|EUVE]] (7-76 nm, 1992β2001) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer|FUSE]] (90.5-119.5 nm, 1999β2007) *{{flagicon|United States}} + {{flagicon|European Union}} - [[Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope]] (on [[Solar and Heliospheric Observatory|SOHO]] imaging Sun at 17.1, 19.5, 28.4, and 30.4 nm) *{{flagicon|United States}} + {{flagicon|European Union}} - [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (various 115-800 nm,1990-1997-) ([[Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph|STIS]] 115β1030 nm, 1997β) ([[Wide Field Camera 3|WFC3]] 200-1700 nm, 2009β) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission]] (170β650 nm, 2004- ) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope]] (flew in 1990 and 1995) *{{flagicon|Germany}} - [[ROSAT]] XUV<ref>[http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/conf/web/adass_proc/adass_95/staubertr/staubertr.html R. Staubert, H. Brunner,1 H.-C. Kreysing - The German ROSAT XUV Data Center and a ROSAT XUV Pointed Phase Source Catalogue (1996)]</ref> (17-210eV) (30-6 nm, 1990β1999) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer]] (90.5-119.5 nm, 1999β2007) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[GALEX|Galaxy Evolution Explorer]] (135β280 nm, 2003β2012) *{{flagicon|Japan}} - [[Hisaki (satellite)|Hisaki]] (130-530 nm, 2013 - 2023) *{{flagicon|China}} - [[Chang'e 3#Lunar-based ultraviolet telescope (LUT)|Lunar-based ultraviolet telescope (LUT)]] (on [[Chang'e 3]] lunar lander, 245-340 nm, 2013 -) *{{flagicon|India}} - [[Astrosat]] (130-530 nm, 2015 -) *{{flagicon|United States}} - [[Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment]] - (255-330 nm spectrograph, 2021- ) *{{flagicon|European Union}} - [[PROBA-3]] (CUTE) - (530-588 nm coronagraph, 2024- ) *{{flagicon|Germany}} - Public Telescope (PST)<ref>[http://www.spektrum.de/news/ein-privates-weltraumteleskope-fuer-amateure-und-profis/1352064 Ein privates Weltraumteleskope fΓΌr Amateure und Profis] Spektrum DE. June 2015</ref> (100-180 nm, Proposed 2015, EU funded study ) *{{flagicon|United States}} - Viewpoint-1 SpaceFab.US (200-950 nm, Launch planned 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacefab.us/space-telescopes.html|title = Space Telescopes}}</ref> See also [[List of space telescopes#Ultraviolet|List of ultraviolet space telescopes]]
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