X-ray and Gamma-ray Missions as a Function of Time
Selected Missions
1990-present |
1976-1989 |
Pre-1976 |
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satellite, and instrumentation.
Launches since 1990
Table of Missions by Time
Mission | Low Energy | High Energy | Launch | Deorbit/Loss | Data? |
Explorer 11 | 50000 | 500000 | 04/27/61 | 09/10/61 | |
Ranger 3 | 20 | 3000 | 01/26/62 | 01/26/62 | |
OSO 1 | 50 | 3000 | 07/03/62 | 06/08/63 | |
Ranger 5 | 20 | 3000 | 10/18/62 | 10/21/62 | |
OGO 1 | 80 | 1000 | 05/09/64 | 01/11/71 | |
Cosmos 60 | 500 | 2000 | 03/12/65 | 03/17/65 | |
Proton 1 | 50000 | 450000 | 07/16/65 | 10/11/65 | |
ORS 3 | 30 | 10000 | 07/20/65 | 11/03/65 | |
Proton 2 | 50000 | 450000 | 11/02/65 | 06/02/66 | |
Luna 10 | 300 | 3000 | 03/31/66 | 04/03/66 | |
OGO 3 | 80 | 1000 | 06/07/66 | 02/29/72 | |
Luna 12 | 300 | 3000 | 10/22/66 | 10/26/66 | |
Cosmos 135 | 400 | 2500 | 12/12/66 | 04/12/67 | |
OSO 3 | 7.7 | 400000 | 03/08/67 | 11/10/69 | |
ORS 4 | 250 | 6000 | 04/28/67 | 06/03/68 | |
Cosmos 163 | 300 | 3700 | 06/05/67 | 10/11/67 | |
OSO 4 | 8 | 200 | 10/18/67 | 12/07/71 | |
OGO 5 | 9.6 | 1000 | 03/04/68 | 07/14/72 | |
ESRO-2B | 0.2 | 12.5 | 05/17/68 | 05/08/71 | |
OSO 5 | 14 | 255 | 01/22/69 | 07/01/75 | |
Vela 5A | 3 | 750 | 05/23/69 | 04/01/79 | |
Vela 5B | 3 | 750 | 05/23/69 | 06/19/79 | HEASARC |
OGO 6 | 23 | 500 | 06/05/69 | 07/14/72 | |
OSO 6 | 27 | 189 | 08/09/69 | 01/01/72 | |
Vela 6A & 6B | 3 | 1500 | 04/08/70 | 04/01/79 | |
Uhuru | 2 | 20 | 12/12/70 | 03/01/73 | |
IMP 6 | 53 | 1150 | 03/14/71 | 09/27/72 | |
Cosmos 428 | 2 | 30 | 06/04/71 | 07/06/71 | |
Apollo 15 | 550 | 8600 | 07/26/71 | 08/07/71 | |
OSO 7 | 1 | 10000 | 09/29/71 | 09/07/74 | |
Cosmos 461 | 28 | 4100 | 12/02/71 | 02/21/79 | |
TD-1A | 3 | 300000 | 03/11/72 | 07/01/73 | |
Apollo 16 | 550 | 8600 | 04/16/72 | 04/27/72 | |
Prognoz 2 | 400 | 11800 | 06/29/72 | 12/15/72 | |
Copernicus | 0.5 | 10 | 08/21/72 | 07/01/73 | HEASARC |
Radsat | 40 | 2800 | 10/02/72 | 05/01/73 | |
IMP 7 | 53 | 1150 | 10/12/72 | 10/31/78 | |
SAS 2 | 20000 | 1000000 | 11/15/72 | 06/08/73 | HEASARC |
Mars 4 | 1000 | 9000 | 07/21/73 | 02/10/74 | |
Mars 5 | 1000 | 9000 | 07/25/73 | 02/12/74 | |
Skylab | 0.12 | 0.3 | 07/28/73 | 07/28/73 | |
ANS | 0.2 | 30 | 08/30/74 | 04/26/76 | |
Ariel 5 | 0.3 | 40 | 10/15/74 | 03/14/80 | HEASARC |
Salyut 4 | 0.2 | 10 | 12/26/74 | 02/02/77 | |
Aryabhata | 2.5 | 20000 | 04/19/75 | 04/23/75 | |
SAS 3 | 0.15 | 60 | 05/07/75 | 04/09/79 | |
OSO 8 | 0.15 | 1000 | 06/21/75 | 10/15/78 | HEASARC |
Apollo-Soyuz | 0.18 | 10 | 07/17/75 | 07/19/75 | |
COS B | 30000 | 5000000 | 08/09/75 | 04/25/82 | HEASARC |
Helios 2 | 60 | 1500 | 01/15/76 | 01/01/81 | |
Solrad 11A | 200 | 2000 | 04/15/76 | 07/01/77 | |
Solrad 11B | 200 | 2000 | 04/15/76 | 12/01/76 | |
Cosmos 856 | 100000 | 4000000 | 09/22/76 | 10/05/76 | |
Cosmos 914 | 100000 | 4000000 | 05/31/77 | 06/13/77 | |
SIGNE 3 | 20 | 10000 | 06/17/77 | 06/22/79 | |
HEAO 1 | 0.15 | 10000 | 08/12/77 | 01/09/79 | HEASARC |
Prognoz 6 | 20 | 3000 | 09/22/77 | 03/01/78 | |
PVO | 100 | 2000 | 05/20/78 | 10/08/92 | |
ISEE-3 | 5 | 3000 | 08/12/78 | 01/01/82 | |
Venera 11 | 5 | 3000 | 09/09/78 | 02/01/80 | |
Venera 12 | 5 | 3000 | 09/14/78 | 04/01/80 | |
Prognoz 7 | 50 | 3000 | 10/30/78 | 06/01/79 | |
Einstein (HEAO 2) | 0.1 | 4 | 11/13/78 | 04/15/81 | HEASARC |
Hakucho | 0.1 | 100 | 02/21/79 | 01/01/84 | |
P78-1 | 3 | 10 | 02/24/79 | 09/13/85 | |
Ariel 6 | 0.25 | 50 | 06/02/79 | 02/01/82 | |
Cosmos 1106 | 100 | 3000 | 06/12/79 | 06/25/79 | |
HEAO 3 | 50 | 10000 | 09/20/79 | 05/29/81 | HEASARC |
SMM | 30 | 100000 | 02/14/80 | 12/02/89 | |
Venera 13 | 3 | 2000 | 10/30/81 | 03/01/83 | |
Venera 14 | 3 | 2000 | 11/04/81 | 03/01/83 | |
Tenma | 0.1 | 60 | 02/20/83 | 01/01/85 | |
Astron | 2 | 25 | 03/23/83 | 01/01/88 | |
EXOSAT | 0.05 | 40 | 05/26/83 | 09/04/86 | HEASARC |
Prognoz 9 | 40 | 8000 | 07/01/83 | 03/01/84 | |
Spacelab 1 | 2 | 30 | 11/28/83 | 12/08/83 | |
Spartan 1 | 1 | 12 | 06/20/85 | 06/22/85 | |
Spacelab 2 | 2.5 | 25 | 07/29/85 | 08/06/85 | |
Kvant | 2 | 800 | 03/31/87 | 03/23/01 | |
Ginga | 1 | 400 | 05/02/87 | 01/11/91 | HEASARC |
DMSP 8 | 20 | 1000 | 06/20/87 | 08/01/94 | |
DMSP 9 | 20 | 1000 | 02/03/88 | 04/03/92 | |
Phobos 1 | 4 | 900 | 07/07/88 | 09/02/88 | |
Phobos 2 | 4 | 900 | 12/07/88 | 03/27/89 | |
Granat | 2 | 100 | 01/12/89 | 11/30/98 | |
ROSAT | 0.1 | 2.4 | 06/01/90 | 02/18/99 | HEASARC |
Gamma | 20 | 6000000 | 07/11/90 | 01/01/92 | |
Ulysses | 5 | 150 | 10/06/90 | ||
DMSP 10 | 20 | 1000 | 12/01/90 | 09/26/94 | |
BBXRT | 0.3 | 12 | 12/02/90 | 12/11/90 | HEASARC |
CGRO | 30 | 30000000 | 04/05/91 | 06/01/00 | HEASARC |
DMSP 11 | 20 | 1000 | 11/28/91 | 05/16/00 | |
SROSS 3 | 20 | 3000 | 05/20/92 | 07/14/92 | |
EUVE | 0.02 | 0.2 | 06/07/92 | 01/31/01 | HEASARC |
EURECA | 6 | 150 | 07/31/92 | 01/07/93 | |
Mars Observer | 45 | 1500 | 09/25/92 | 08/21/93 | |
DXS | 0.15 | 0.28 | 01/13/93 | 01/19/93 | HEASARC |
ASCA | 0.5 | 12 | 02/20/93 | 03/01/01 | HEASARC |
ALEXIS | 0.066 | 0.093 | 04/25/93 | 04/29/05 | |
GGS Wind | 10 | 10000 | 01/11/94 | ||
DMSP 12 | 20 | 1000 | 08/29/94 | 07/31/02 | |
DMSP 13 | 20 | 1000 | 03/24/95 | ||
Rossi XTE | 2 | 250 | 12/31/95 | HEASARC | |
NEAR | 1 | 10000 | 03/16/96 | 02/01/01 | |
IRS-P3 | 2 | 18 | 03/21/96 | 06/30/00 | |
BeppoSAX | 0.1 | 500 | 04/30/96 | 04/30/02 | HEASARC |
MINISAT 1 | 10 | 200 | 04/21/97 | 02/02/02 | |
Argos (USA) | 1 | 15 | 05/11/99 | 11/15/00 | |
Chandra | 0.1 | 10 | 07/23/99 | HEASARC | |
XMM-Newton | 0.1 | 15 | 12/10/99 | HEASARC | |
HETE-2 | 0.5 | 400 | 10/09/00 | HEASARC | |
INTEGRAL | 15 | 10000 | 10/01/02 | HEASARC | |
Swift | 0.2 | 150 | 11/20/04 | HEASARC | |
Suzaku | 0.2 | 600 | 07/10/05 | HEASARC |
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