Space telescope
International Ultraviolet Explorer
NASA · ESA · UK · ended 1996
Ultraviolet telescope in geosynchronous orbit.
Right now · as of
Earth orbit
About 38,522 km above the Earth, moving at 2.88 km/s
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Astronomical observatory satellite
International Ultraviolet Explorer was the first space observatory primarily designed to take ultraviolet (UV) spectra. The satellite was a collaborative project between NASA, the United Kingdom's Science and Engineering Research Council and the European Space Agency (ESA), formerly European Space Research Organisation (ESRO).
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Facts
- What it is
- Space telescope
- Agency
- NASA · ESA · UK
- Mission ended
- 1996
- International designator
- 1978-012A