Space telescope
Euclid
ESA · launched 2023
Surveying dark matter and dark energy from L2.
Right now · as of
Sun–Earth L2
1.33 million km from Earth; a signal takes 4.4 s
150 million km (1 AU) from the Sun, moving at 0.52 km/s relative to Earth
Open in 3DEuclid (space telescope)
European visible and near-infrared space observatory, launched in 2023
Euclid is a wide-angle space telescope with a 600-megapixel camera to record visible light, a near-infrared spectrometer, and photometer, to determine the redshift of detected galaxies. It was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium and was launched on 1 July 2023 from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission is named after the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid.
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Facts
- What it is
- Space telescope
- Agency
- ESA
- Launched
- July 1, 2023
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-40
- International designator
- 2023-092A