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=== Medium-Class (MIDEX) === {| class="wikitable" |+List of MIDEX missions<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/midex.html |title=Explorers Program |website=explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014953/http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/midex.html |archive-date=23 March 2016 |url-status=dead}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://explorers.larc.nasa.gov/MIDEX/MIDEX.html |title=Medium-class Explorers (MIDEX) |publisher=Explorers.larc.nasa.gov |access-date=28 April 2018}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> |- ! Name ! MIDEX<br/>number ! Explorer<br/>number ! Launch (UTC) ! Status |- | [[Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer|RXTE]] | | Explorer-69 | 30 December 1995 | Ended in 2012 / Reentered on 30 April 2018 |- | [[Advanced Composition Explorer|ACE]] | | Explorer-71 | 25 August 1997 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer|FUSE]] | MIDEX-0 | Explorer-77 | 23 June 1999 | Ended in 2007 |- | [[IMAGE (spacecraft)|IMAGE]] | MIDEX-1 | Explorer-78 | 25 March 2000 | Lost contact in 2005. Partial contact reestablished in January 2018 |- | [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe|WMAP]] | MIDEX-2 | Explorer-80 | 30 June 2001 | Ended in 2010 |- | [[Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory|Swift]] | MIDEX-3 | Explorer-84 | 20 November 2004 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer|FAME]] | MIDEX-4 | {{center|β}} | ''Scheduled for 2004'' | Cancelled in 2002 (cost) |- | [[THEMIS (satellite)|THEMIS]] A | MIDEX-5A | Explorer-85 | 17 February 2007 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[THEMIS (satellite)|THEMIS]] B | MIDEX-5B | Explorer-86 | 17 February 2007 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[THEMIS (satellite)|THEMIS]] C | MIDEX-5C | Explorer-87 | 17 February 2007 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[THEMIS (satellite)|THEMIS]] D | MIDEX-5D | Explorer-88 | 17 February 2007 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[THEMIS (satellite)|THEMIS]] E | MIDEX-5E | Explorer-89 | 17 February 2007 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer|WISE / NEOWISE]] | MIDEX-6 | Explorer-92 | 14 December 2009 | Mission operations Completed on 31 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/missions/neowise/nasas-neowise-infrared-heritage-will-live-on/|title=NASAβs NEOWISE Infrared Heritage Will Live On - NASA|date=1 July 2024}}</ref> Reentered on 2 November 2024 |- | [[Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite|TESS]] | MIDEX-7 | Explorer-95 | 18 April 2018 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[Ionospheric Connection Explorer|ICON]] | MIDEX-8 | Explorer-96 | 11 October 2019 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[SPHEREx]] | MIDEX-9<!--The sequential number, but needs a reference--> | | 12 March 2025 | {{success|'''Operational'''}} |- | [[Multi-slit Solar Explorer|MUSE]] | MIDEX-10<!--The sequential number, but needs a reference--> | | 2027 | {{pending|In development}} |- | [[HelioSwarm]] | MIDEX-11<!--The sequential number, but needs a reference--> | | 2028 | {{pending|In development}} |- | [[UVEX]] | MIDEX-12<!--The sequential number, but needs a reference--> | | 2030 | {{pending|In development}} |}
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