Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)
Spacecraft properties
The EUVE spacecraft

Mission type	Astronomical observation
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-031A
SATCAT №	21987
Mission duration	9 years

Bus	Multimission Modular Spacecraft
Dry mass	3,275 kilograms (7,220 lb)

Start of mission
Launch date	June 7, 1992, 16:40:00 (1992-06-07UTC16:40Z) UTC
Rocket	Delta 6920-X^[1]
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A^[1]

End of mission
Deactivated	31 January 2001 (2001-02-01)
Decay date	30 January 2002

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.01152
Perigee	515 kilometers (320 mi)
Apogee	527 kilometers (327 mi)
Inclination	28.4 degrees
Period	94.8 minutes
Epoch	11 July 1992^[2]

The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) was a space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy, launched on June 7, 1992. With instruments for ultraviolet (UV) radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm, the EUVE was the first satellite mission especially for the short-wave ultraviolet range. The satellite compiled an all-sky survey of 801 astronomical targets before being decommissioned on January 31, 2001. It re-entered the atmosphere on January 30, 2002.^[3]

Mission goals

The goals of the mission included several different areas of observation using the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) range of frequencies:

To make an all-sky survey in the extreme ultraviolet band
To make a deep survey in the EUV range on two separate bandpasses
To make spectroscopic observations of targets found by other missions
To observe EUV sources such as hot white dwarfs and coronal stars
To study the composition of the interstellar medium using EUV spectroscopy
To determine whether it would be beneficial to create another, more sensitive EUV telescope

The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Spacecraft prior to launch

Payload instruments

NASA describe these:^[4]

2 Wolter-Schwarzschild Type I grazing incidence mirror, each with an imaging microchannel plate (MCP detector)(Scanner A & B) FOV ~5° diameter; two passbands 44-220 Å 140-360 Å
1 Wolter-Schwarzschild Type II grazing incidence mirror, with an imaging microchannel plate (MCP detector) FOV ~4° diameter; two passbands 520-750 Å 400-600 Å
1 Wolter-Schwarzschild Type II grazing incidence mirror Deep Survey/Spectrometer Telescope. The light is split, with half of the light fed to:
- An imaging Deep Survey MCP detector [and the other half to ]
- Three Spectrometers which are each combinations of a grating and MCP detector: SW (70-190 Å) MW (140-380 Å) LW (280-760 Å).

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "EUVE". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
↑ "EUVE spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere" (Press release). NASA. January 31, 2002.
↑ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/euve/euve.html

External links

National Space Science Data Center site on EUVE
EUVE page at Space Sciences Lab (links to science highlights and publications)
EUVE page at NASA-GSFC
EUVE page at NASA-STScI (MAST) (has stellar map of EUVE observations)

Space observatories

Current	AGILE AMS-02 Chandra (AXAF) Fermi Gaia Hinode (Solar-B) HiRISE Hisaki (Sprint-A) Hubble INTEGRAL IBEX IRIS Kepler MAXI MOST NEOSSat NuSTAR Odin PAMELA R/HESSI SDO SOHO SOLAR Spektr-R Spitzer Suzaku (Astro-EII) Swift TUGSAT-1 & UniBRITE-1 WISE XMM-Newton

Planned	Astro-H (2015) Astrosat (2015) Nano-JASMINE (2015) Spektr-RG (2016) HXMT (2014–2016) NICER (2016) CHEOPS (2017) Spektr-UV (2017) TESS (2017) James Webb (JWST) (2018+) Solar-C (2019) Euclid (2020) Space Solar Telescope PLATO (2024) ATHENA (2028) LISA/eLISA (2034)

Proposals	ATLAST EXCEDE Fresnel Imager FINESSE Hypertelescope LiteBIRD New Worlds Mission NRO donation to NASA Solar-D SPICA THEIA WFIRST WISH EUSO

Completed	Akari (Astro-F) (2006–2011) ALEXIS (1993–2005) ATM (1973–1974) ASCA (Astro-D) (1993–2000) Astro-1 (BBXRT HUT) (1990) Astro-2 (HUT) (1995) Astron (1983–1989) ANS (1974–1976) BeppoSAX (1996–2003) CHIPSat (2003–2008) Compton (CGRO) (1991–2000) COROT (2006–2013) Cos-B (1975–1982) COBE (1989–1993) EPOCh (2008) EPOXI (2010) EXOSAT (1983–1986) EUVE (1992–2001) FUSE (1999–2007) Kvant-1 (1987–2001) GALEX (2003–2013) Gamma (1990–1992) Ginga (Astro-C) (1987–1991) Granat (1989–1998) Hakucho (CORSA-ｂ) (1979–1985) HALCA (MUSES-B) (1997–2005) HEAO-1 (1977–1979) Herschel (2009–2013) Hinotori (Astro-A) (1981–1991) HEAO-2 (Einstein Obs.) (1978–1982) HEAO-3 (1979–1981) HETE-2 (2000–2007?) Hipparcos (1989–1993) IUE (1978–1996) IRAS (1983) ISO (1996–1998) IRTS (1995–1996) IXAE (1996–2004) Kristall (1990–2001) LEGRI (1997–2002) MSX (1996–1997) OAO-2 (1968–1973) OAO-3 (Copernicus) (1972–1981) Orion 1/2 (1971/1973) Planck (2009–2013) RELIKT-1 (1983–1984) ROSAT (1990–1999) Rossi X-ray (RXTE) (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Taiyo (SRATS) (1975–1980) Tenma (Astro-B) (1983–1985) Uhuru (1970–1973) WMAP (2001–2010) 1st mission WISE (2009–2011) Yokoh (Solar-A) (1991–2001)

Lost	e.g. launch failures: OAO-1/OAO-B (1966/1970) CORSA (1976) ABRIXAS (1999) HETE (1996) WIRE (1999) ASTRO-E (2000)

Completed	hibernating after mission: SWAS (1998–2005) TRACE (1998–2010)

On hiatus	TAUVEX

Cancelled	Astro-G Constellation-X Darwin Destiny EChO Eddington FAME GEMS IXO JDEM LOFT SIM & SIMlite SNAP TPF XEUS

See also	Great Observatories program List of space telescopes

Category

Explorers program

Explorer 1 2 3 4 5 6 (S-2) 7 (S-1a) 8 9 (S-56A) 10 11 (S-15) 14 (EPE-B) 17 (AE-A) 30 (Solrad 8) 32 (AE-B) 33 (IMP-D) 35 (IMP-E) 37 (Solrad 9) 42 (Uhuru) 44 (Solrad 10) 48 (SAS B) 49 (RAE-B) 52 (Hawkeye 1) 53 (SAS C) 57 (IUE) 58 (HCMM) 59 (ICE) 61 (Magsat) 62 (DE-1) 63 (DE-2) 64 (SME) 66 (COBE) 67 (EUVE) 68 (SAMPEX) 69 (RXTE) 70 (FAST) 71 (ACE) 72 (SNOE) 73 (TRACE) 74 (SWAS) 75 (WIRE) 77 (FUSE) 78 (IMAGE) 79 (HETE-2) 80 (WMAP) 81 (RHESSI) 82 (CHIPSat) 83 (GALEX) 84 (Swift) 85 thru 89 (THEMIS) 90 (AIM) 91 (IBEX) 92 (WISE) 93 (NuSTAR) 94 (IRIS)

Italics indicates probes that failed to deploy or otherwise malfunctioned

← 1991 · Orbital launches in 1992 · 1993 →

Kosmos 2175 \| STS-42 \| Kosmos 2176 \| Progress M-11 \| Kosmos 2177 · Kosmos 2178 · Kosmos 2179 \| Unnamed \| USA-78 \| Fuyo 1 \| Kosmos 2180 \| USA-79 \| Superbird B1 · Arabsat 1C \| Molniya 1-83 \| Kosmos 2181 \| Galaxy 5 \| Soyuz TM-14 \| STS-45 \| Kosmos 2182 \| Gorizont No.36L \| Kosmos 2183 \| USA-80 \| Kosmos 2184 \| Telecom 2B · Inmarsat-2 F4 \| Progress M-12 \| USA-81 \| Resurs-F2 No.8 \| Kosmos 2185 \| STS-49 \| Palapa B4 \| SROSS-C \| Kosmos 2186 \| Kosmos 2187 · Kosmos 2188 · Kosmos 2189 · Kosmos 2190 · Kosmos 2191 · Kosmos 2192 · Kosmos 2193 · Kosmos 2194 \| EUVE \| Intelsat K \| Resurs-F1 No.55 \| STS-50 \| Progress M-13 \| Kosmos 2195 \| USA-82 \| SAMPEX \| USA-83 \| Kosmos 2196 \| INSAT-2A · Eutelsat-2 F4 \| Kosmos 2197 · Kosmos 2198 · Kosmos 2199 · Kosmos 2200 · Kosmos 2201 · Kosmos 2202 \| Gorizont No.37L \| Geotail · DUVE \| Kosmos 2203 \| Soyuz TM-15 \| Kosmos 2204 · Kosmos 2205 · Kosmos 2206 \| Kosmos 2207 \| STS-46 (EURECA · TSS-1) \| Molniya 1-84 \| FSW-13 \| TOPEX/Poseidon · Uribyol 1 · S80/T \| Kosmos 2208 \| Optus B1 \| Progress M-14 \| Resurs-F1 No.54 · Pion-Germes 1 · Pion-Germes 2 \| Galaxy 1R \| Satcom C4 \| USA-84 \| Kosmos 2209 \| Hispasat 1A · Satcom C3 \| STS-47 \| Kosmos 2210 \| Mars Observer \| FSW-14 · Freja \| Foton No.8L \| DFS-Kopernikus 3 \| Molniya-3 No.50 \| Kosmos 2211 · Kosmos 2212 · Kosmos 2213 · Kosmos 2214 · Kosmos 2215 · Kosmos 2216 \| Kosmos 2217 \| STS-52 (LAGEOS-2 · CTA) \| Progress M-15 (Znamya-2) \| Galaxy 7 \| Kosmos 2218 \| Ekran-M No.15L \| Resurs 500 \| Kosmos 2219 \| Kosmos 2220 \| MSTI-1 \| USA-85 \| Kosmos 2221 \| Kosmos 2222 \| Gorizont No.38L \| USA-86 \| Superbird A1 \| Molniya-3 No.56 \| STS-53 (USA-89 · ODERACS) \| Kosmos 2223 \| Kosmos 2224 \| USA-87 \| Optus B2 \| Kosmos 2226 \| Kosmos 2225 \| Kosmos 2227 \| Kosmos 2228 \| Kosmos 2229

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Mission goals

Payload instruments

See also

References

External links