Satellite Missions at Different Wavelengths

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IR/radio Missions and Projects
UV/visible Missions and Projects
High Energy Missions and Projects

IR/radio Missions and Projects

• Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
• Deep Near-infrared Survey of the Southern Sky (DENIS)
• Far Infrared and Submillimetric Space Telescope (FIRST)
• Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS)
• Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
• Infrared Telescope in Space (IRTS)
• Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM) and related projects
• NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS)
• Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
• Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
• Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI)
• Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)
• Two-micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
• Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE)

UV/Visible Missions and Projects

• Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)
• Hipparcos
• Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
• International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
• Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE)

High Energy Missions and Projects

• Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA)
• Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF)
• ALEXIS
• Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT)
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
• COS-B
• European X-ray Observatory Satellite (EXOSAT)
• High-Energy Transient Experiment (HETE)
• International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL)
• Roentgensatellit (ROSAT)
• SAC-B
• Spectrum-X-Gamma
• X-Ray Multi-mirror Mission (XMM)
• X-Ray Timing Explorer (XTE)
• also see HEASARC's list of High-Energy Astrophysics Missions

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