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Gamma edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
Proton-1	USSR	16 Jul 1965	11 Oct 1965	Earth orbit (183-589 km)
Proton-2	USSR	2 Nov 1965	6 Feb 1966	Earth orbit (191-637 km)
Proton-4	USSR	16 Nov 1968	24 Jul 1969	Earth orbit (248-477 km)
Small Astronomy Satellite 2 (SAS-B)	NASA	15 Nov 1972	8 Jun 1973	Earth orbit (443–632 km)
Cos-B	ESA	9 Aug 1975	25 Apr 1982	Earth orbit (339.6–99,876 km)
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3 (HEAO 3)	NASA	20 Sep 1979	29 May 1981	Earth orbit (486.4–504.9 km)
Granat	CNRS & IKI	1 Dec 1989	25 May 1999	Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
Gamma	USSR, CNES, RSA	11 Jul 1990	1992	Earth orbit (375 km)
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO)	NASA	5 Apr 1991	4 Jun 2000	Earth orbit (362–457 km)
Low Energy Gamma Ray Imager (LEGRI)	INTA	19 May 1997	Feb 2002	Earth orbit (600 km)
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE 2)	NASA	9 Oct 2000	Mar 2008	Earth orbit (590–650 km)
International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)	ESA	17 Oct 2002	—	Earth orbit (639–153,000 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer	NASA	20 Nov 2004	—	Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero (AGILE)	ISA	23 Apr 2007	—	Earth orbit (524–553 km)
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope	NASA	11 Jun 2008	—	Earth orbit (555 km)
Gamma-Ray Burst Polarimeter (GAP)	JAXA	21 May 2010	—	Heliocentric orbit

X-ray edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
Uhuru (Small Astronomy Satellite 1, SAS-A)	NASA	12 Dec 1970	Mar 1973	Earth orbit (531–572 km)
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS)	SRON	30 Aug 1974	Jun 1976	Earth orbit (266–1176 km)
Ariel V	SRC & NASA	15 Oct 1974	14 Mar 1980	Earth orbit (520 km)
Aryabhata	ISRO	19 Apr 1975	23 Apr 1975	Earth orbit (563–619 km)
Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS-C)	NASA	7 May 1975	Apr 1979	Earth orbit (509–516 km)
Cos-B	ESA	9 Aug 1975	25 Apr 1982	Earth orbit (339.6–99,876 km)
Cosmic Radiation Satellite (CORSA)	ISAS	4 Feb 1976	4 Feb 1976	Failed launch
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO 1)	NASA	12 Aug 1977	9 Jan 1979	Earth orbit (445 km)
Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2)	NASA	13 Nov 1978	26 Apr 1981	Earth orbit (465–476 km)
Hakucho (CORSA-b)	ISAS	21 Feb 1979	16 Apr 1985	Earth orbit (421–433 km)
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3 (HEAO 3)	NASA	20 Sep 1979	29 May 1981	Earth orbit (486.4–504.9 km)
Tenma (Astro-B)	ISAS	20 Feb 1983	19 Jan 1989	Earth orbit (489–503 km)
Astron	IKI	23 Mar 1983	Jun 1989	Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
EXOSAT	ESA	26 May 1983	8 Apr 1986	Earth orbit (347–191,709 km)
Ginga (Astro-C)	ISAS	5 Feb 1987	1 Nov 1991	Earth orbit (517–708 km)
Granat	CNRS & IKI	1 Dec 1989	25 May 1999	Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
ROSAT	NASA & DLR	1 Jun 1990	12 Feb 1999	Re-entry 23 October 2011.^[1] Formerly Earth orbit (580 km)
Broad Band X-ray Telescope / Astro 1	NASA	2 Dec 1990	11 Dec 1990	Earth orbit (500 km)
Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA, Astro-D)	ISAS & NASA	20 Feb 1993	2 Mar 2001	Earth orbit (523.6–615.3 km)
Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors (Alexis)	LANL	25 Apr 1993	2005	Earth orbit (749–844 km)
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)	NASA	30 Dec 1995	3 Jan 2012	Earth orbit (409 km)
BeppoSAX	ASI	30 Apr 1996	30 Apr 2002	Earth orbit (575–594 km)
A Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey (ABRIXAS)	DLR	28 Apr 1999	1 Jul 1999	Earth orbit (549–598 km)
Chandra X-ray Observatory	NASA	23 Jul 1999	—	Earth orbit (9,942–140,000 km)
XMM-Newton	ESA	10 Dec 1999	—	Earth orbit (7,365–114,000 km)
High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE 2)	NASA	9 Oct 2000	Mar 2008	Earth orbit (590–650 km)
International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)	ESA	17 Oct 2002	—	Earth orbit (639–153,000 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer	NASA	20 Nov 2004	—	Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Suzaku (Astro-E2)	JAXA & NASA	10 Jul 2005	2 Sep 2015	Earth orbit (550 km)
AGILE	ISA	23 Apr 2007	—	Earth orbit (524–553 km)
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)	NASA	13 Jun 2012	—	Earth orbit (603.5 km)
Astrosat	ISRO	28 Sep 2015	—	Earth orbit (600–650 km)
Hitomi (Astro-H)	JAXA	17 Feb 2016	28 Apr 2016	Earth orbit (575 km)
Mikhailo Lomonosov	Moscow State University	28 Apr 2016	30 Jun 2018	Earth orbit (478–493 km)
Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)	NASA	7 Jun 2017	—	International Space Station
Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT)	CNSA & CAS	14 Jun 2017	—	Low Earth orbit (545–554.1 km)
Spektr-RG	RSRI & MPE	Jul 13, 2019	—	Sun-Earth L₂
IXPE	NASA	9 Dec 2021	—	Low Earth orbit
XRISM	JAXA & NASA	7 Sep 2023	—	Low Earth orbit

Ultraviolet edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Observing location
OAO-2 (Stargazer)	NASA	7 Dec 1968	Jan 1973	Earth orbit (749–758 km)
Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories	USSR	19 Apr 1971 (Orion 1); (Orion 2) 18 Dec 1973	1971; 1973	Earth orbit (Orion 1: 200–222 km; Orion 2: 188–247 km)
Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph (UVC)	NASA	16 Apr 1972	23 Apr 1972	Descartes Highlands on lunar surface
OAO-3 Copernicus	NASA	21 Aug 1972	Feb 1981	Earth orbit (713–724 km)
Astronomical Netherlands Satellite (ANS)	SRON	30 Aug 1974	Jun 1976	Earth orbit (266–1176 km)
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)	ESA & NASA & SERC	26 Jan 1978	30 Sep 1996	Earth orbit (32,050–52,254 km)
Astron	IKI	23 Mar 1983	Jun 1989	Earth orbit (2,000–200,000 km)
Hubble Space Telescope	NASA & ESA	24 Apr 1990	—	Earth orbit (586.47–610.44 km)
Broad Band X-ray Telescope / Astro 1	NASA	2 Dec 1990	11 Dec 1990	Earth orbit (500 km)
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)	NASA	7 Jun 1992	31 Jan 2001	Earth orbit (515–527 km)
Astro 2	NASA	2 Mar 1993	18 Mar 1993	Earth orbit (349–363 km)
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)	NASA & CNES & CSA	24 Jun 1999	12 Jul 2007	Earth orbit (752–767 km)
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer (CHIPS)	NASA	13 Jan 2003	11 Apr 2008	Earth orbit (578–594 km)
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)	NASA	28 Apr 2003	28 Jun 2013	Earth orbit (691–697 km)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Satellite 4 (Kaistsat 4)	KARI	27 Sep 2003	2007 ?	Earth orbit (675–695 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer (Swift)	NASA	20 Nov 2004	—	Earth orbit (585–604 km)
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)	NASA	27 Jun 2013	—	Earth orbit
Hisaki (SPRINT-A)	JAXA	14 Sep 2013	—	—
Venus Spectral Rocket Experiment	NASA	26 Nov 2013	reusable	Suborbital to 300 km
Lunar-based ultraviolet telescope (LUT)	CNSA	1 Dec 2013	—	Lunar surface
Astrosat	ISRO	28 Sep 2015	—	Earth orbit (600–650 km)
Spatial Heterodyne Interferometric Emission Line Dynamics Spectrometer (SHIELDS)	NASA	19 Apr 2021	19 Apr 2021	Suborbital to 284.8 km

Visible light edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
Hipparcos	ESA	8 Aug 1989	Mar 1993	Earth orbit (223–35,632 km)
Hubble Space Telescope	NASA & ESA	24 Apr 1990	—	Earth orbit (586.47–610.44 km)
MOST	CSA	30 Jun 2003	Mar 2019	Earth orbit (819–832 km)
Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer	NASA	20 Nov 2004	—	Earth orbit (585–604 km)
COROT	CNES & ESA	27 Dec 2006	2013	Earth orbit (872–884 km)
Kepler	NASA	6 Mar 2009	30 Oct 2018	Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit
BRITE constellation	Austria, Canada, Poland	25 Feb 2013 - 19 Aug 2014	—	Earth orbit
Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat)	CSA, DRDC	25 Feb 2013	—	Sun-synchronous Earth orbit (776–792 km)
Gaia (astrometry)	ESA	19 Dec 2013	—	Sun-Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Astrosat	ISRO	28 Sep 2015	—	Earth orbit (600–650 km)
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)	NASA	18 Apr 2018	—	High Earth Orbit
CHEOPS	ESA	18 Dec 2019	—	Sun-synchronous orbit

Infared and submillimetre edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
IRAS	NASA	25 Jan 1983	21 Nov 1983	Earth orbit (889–903 km)
Infrared Telescope in Space	ISAS & NASDA	18 Mar 1995	25 Apr 1995	Earth orbit (486 km)
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)	ESA	17 Nov 1995	16 May 1998	Earth orbit (1000–70500 km)
Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)	USN	24 Apr 1996	26 Feb 1997	Earth orbit (900 km)
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)	NASA	6 Dec 1998	Last used in 2005	Earth orbit (638–651 km)
Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)	NASA	5 Mar 1999	no observations	Re-entered May 10, 2011^[2]
Spitzer Space Telescope	NASA	25 Aug 2003	30 Jan 2020^[3]	Solar orbit (0.98–1.02 AU)
Akari (Astro-F)	JAXA	21 Feb 2006	24 Nov 2011^[4]	Earth orbit (586.47–610.44 km)
Herschel Space Observatory	ESA & NASA	14 May 2009 ^[5]	29 Apr 2013^[6]	Sun-Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)	NASA	14 Dec 2009	(hibernation Feb 2011 – Aug 2013)	Earth orbit (500 km)
CHEOPS	ESA	18 Dec 2019	—	Sun-synchronous orbit
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)	NASA/ESA/CSA	25 Dec 2021	—	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Euclid	ESA	1 Jul 2023	—	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point

Microwave edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)	NASA	18 Nov 1989	23 Dec 1993	Earth orbit (900 km)
Odin	Swedish Space Corporation	20 Feb 2001	—	Earth orbit (622 km)
WMAP	NASA	30 Jun 2001	Oct 2010	Sun-Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Planck	ESA	14 May 2009	Oct 2013	Sun-Earth L₂ Lagrange point (mission) Heliocentric (Derelict)

Radio edit

Photo	Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
	Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy (HALCA, VSOP or MUSES-B)	ISAS	12 Feb 1997	30 Nov 2005	Earth orbit (560–21,400 km)
	Spektr-R (RadioAstron)	ASC LPI	18 Jul 2011	11 Jan 2019	Earth orbit (10,000–390,000 km)

Particle detection telescopes edit

Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
Proton-1	USSR	16 Jul 1965	11 Oct 1965	Earth orbit (589–183 km)
Proton-2	USSR	2 Nov 1965	6 Feb 1966	Earth orbit (637–191 km)
High Energy Astrophysics Observatory 3 (HEAO 3)	NASA	20 Sep 1979	29 May 1981	Earth orbit (486.4–504.9 km)
SAMPEX	NASA / DE	3 Jul 1992	30 Jun 2004	Earth orbit (512–687 km)
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 01 (AMS-01)	NASA	2 Jun 1998	12 Jun 1998	Earth orbit (296 km)
Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics (PAMELA)	ISA, INFN, RSA, DLR & SNSB	15 May 2006	7 Feb 2016	Earth orbit (350–610 km)
IBEX	NASA	19 Oct 2008	—	Earth orbit (86,000–259,000 km)
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 02 (AMS-02)	NASA	16 May 2011	—	Earth orbit (353 km) on ISS
Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE)	CNSA & CAS	17 Dec 2015	—	Earth orbit (500 km)

Gravitational waves edit

Photo	Name	Space agency	Launch date	Terminated	Location
	Lunar Surface Gravimeter	NASA	7 Dec 1972	14 Dec 1972	Taurus–Littrow

Not yet launched! edit

Name	Space agency	Planned launch date	Location
X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)	ISRO/RRI	Dec 2023	Low Earth orbit
International Lunar Observatory Precursor (ILO-X)	International Lunar Observatory Association	2023	South Pole–Aitken basin
TOLIMAN	NASA	2023	Low Earth orbit
SVOM	CNSA/CNES	March 2024	Low Earth orbit
Xuntian	CNSA/CAS	2024	Low Earth orbit
SPHEREx	NASA	2025	Earth orbit
Astrosat-2	ISRO/IUCAA	2025	Near-equatorial orbit
PLATO	ESA	2026	Geosynchronous orbit
ULTRASAT	Israel Space Agency	2026	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope; WFIRST)	NASA/DOE	2027	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point
ARIEL	ESA	2029	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics (Athena)	ESA/NASA/JAXA	2035	Sun–Earth L₂ Lagrange point
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)	ESA	2037	Heliocentric orbit

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^ WIRE Web Team. "Caltech: WIRE". Ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
^ O'Callaghan, Jonathan. "Ending in 2020, NASA's Infrared Spitzer Mission Leaves a Gap in Astronomy". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
^ "赤外線天文衛星「あかり」（ASTRO-F）の運用終了について" (in Japanese). JAXA. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ "Jet Propulsion Laboratory Herschel Mission News". Herschel.jpl.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ Amos, Jonathan (29 April 2013). "Herschel space telescope finishes mission". BBC News. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

[reentry-1] "ROSAT – latest news". DLR Portal. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2011.

[2] WIRE Web Team. "Caltech: WIRE". Ipac.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

[3] O'Callaghan, Jonathan. "Ending in 2020, NASA's Infrared Spitzer Mission Leaves a Gap in Astronomy". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

[4] "赤外線天文衛星「あかり」（ASTRO-F）の運用終了について" (in Japanese). JAXA. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

[5] "Jet Propulsion Laboratory Herschel Mission News". Herschel.jpl.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

[bbc-6] Amos, Jonathan (29 April 2013). "Herschel space telescope finishes mission". BBC News. Archived from the original on 21 February 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

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