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X-ray and Gamma-ray Missions as a Function of Energy Selected Missions 1990-present 1976-1989 Pre-1976 Launches since 1990 Launches from 1976 to 1989 Launches before 1976 Table of Missions by Energy Mission Low Energy High Energy Launch Deorbit/Loss Data? EUVE 0.02 0.2 06/07/92 01/31/01 HEASARC EXOSAT 0.05 40 05/26/83 09/04/86 HEASARC ALEXIS 0.066 0.093 04/25/93 04/29/05 BeppoSAX 0.1 500 04/30/96 04/30/02 HEASARC Chandra 0.1 10 07/23/99   HEASARC Einstein (HEAO 2) 0.1 4 11/13/78 04/15/81 HEASARC Hakucho 0.1 100 02/21/79 01/01/84   ROSAT 0.1 2.4 06/01/90 02/18/99 HEASARC Tenma 0.1 60 02/20/83 01/01/85   XMM-Newton 0.1 15 12/10/99   HEASARC Skylab 0.12 0.3 07/28/73 07/28/73 DXS 0.15 0.28 01/13/93 01/19/93 HEASARC HEAO 1 0.15 10000 08/12/77 01/09/79 HEASARC OSO 8 0.15 1000 06/21/75 10/15/78 HEASARC SAS 3 0.15 60 05/07/75 04/09/79   Apollo-Soyuz 0.18 10 07/17/75 07/19/75 ANS 0.2 30 08/30/74 04/26/76   ESRO-2B 0.2 12.5 05/17/68 05/08/71 Salyut 4 0.2 10 12/26/74 02/02/77 Suzaku 0.2 600 07/10/05   HEASARC Swift 0.2 150 11/20/04   HEASARC Ariel 6 0.25 50 06/02/79 02/01/82 Ariel 5 0.3 40 10/15/74 03/14/80 HEASARC BBXRT 0.3 12 12/02/90 12/11/90 HEASARC ASCA 0.5 12 02/20/93 03/01/01 HEASARC Copernicus 0.5 10 08/21/72 07/01/73 HEASARC HETE-2 0.5 400 10/09/00   HEASARC Argos (USA) 1 15 05/11/99 11/15/00 Ginga 1 400 05/02/87 01/11/91 HEASARC NEAR 1 10000 03/16/96 02/01/01 OSO 7 1 10000 09/29/71 09/07/74   Spartan 1 1 12 06/20/85 06/22/85 Astron 2 25 03/23/83 01/01/88 Cosmos 428 2 30 06/04/71 07/06/71 Granat 2 100 01/12/89 11/30/98   IRS-P3 2 18 03/21/96 06/30/00 Kvant 2 800 03/31/87 03/23/01 Rossi XTE 2 250 12/31/95   HEASARC Spacelab 1 2 30 11/28/83 12/08/83 Uhuru 2 20 12/12/70 03/01/73   Aryabhata 2.5 20000 04/19/75 04/23/75 Spacelab 2 2.5 25 07/29/85 08/06/85 P78-1 3 10 02/24/79 09/13/85 TD-1A 3 300000 03/11/72 07/01/73 Vela 5A 3 750 05/23/69 04/01/79 Vela 5B 3 750 05/23/69 06/19/79 HEASARC Vela 6A & 6B 3 1500 04/08/70 04/01/79 Venera 13 3 2000 10/30/81 03/01/83 Venera 14 3 2000 11/04/81 03/01/83 Phobos 1 4 900 07/07/88 09/02/88 Phobos 2 4 900 12/07/88 03/27/89 ISEE-3 5 3000 08/12/78 01/01/82 Ulysses 5 150 10/06/90 Venera 11 5 3000 09/09/78 02/01/80 Venera 12 5 3000 09/14/78 04/01/80 EURECA 6 150 07/31/92 01/07/93 OSO 3 7.7 400000 03/08/67 11/10/69 OSO 4 8 200 10/18/67 12/07/71 OGO 5 9.6 1000 03/04/68 07/14/72 GGS Wind 10 10000 01/11/94 MINISAT 1 10 200 04/21/97 02/02/02 OSO 5 14 255 01/22/69 07/01/75 INTEGRAL 15 10000 10/01/02   HEASARC DMSP 10 20 1000 12/01/90 09/26/94 DMSP 11 20 1000 11/28/91 05/16/00 DMSP 12 20 1000 08/29/94 07/31/02 DMSP 13 20 1000 03/24/95 DMSP 8 20 1000 06/20/87 08/01/94 DMSP 9 20 1000 02/03/88 04/03/92 Gamma 20 6000000 07/11/90 01/01/92 Prognoz 6 20 3000 09/22/77 03/01/78 Ranger 3 20 3000 01/26/62 01/26/62 Ranger 5 20 3000 10/18/62 10/21/62 SIGNE 3 20 10000 06/17/77 06/22/79 SROSS 3 20 3000 05/20/92 07/14/92 OGO 6 23 500 06/05/69 07/14/72 OSO 6 27 189 08/09/69 01/01/72 Cosmos 461 28 4100 12/02/71 02/21/79 CGRO 30 30000000 04/05/91 06/01/00 HEASARC ORS 3 30 10000 07/20/65 11/03/65 SMM 30 100000 02/14/80 12/02/89 Prognoz 9 40 8000 07/01/83 03/01/84 Radsat 40 2800 10/02/72 05/01/73 Mars Observer 45 1500 09/25/92 08/21/93 HEAO 3 50 10000 09/20/79 05/29/81 HEASARC OSO 1 50 3000 07/03/62 06/08/63 Prognoz 7 50 3000 10/30/78 06/01/79 IMP 6 53 1150 03/14/71 09/27/72 IMP 7 53 1150 10/12/72 10/31/78 Helios 2 60 1500 01/15/76 01/01/81 OGO 1 80 1000 05/09/64 01/11/71 OGO 3 80 1000 06/07/66 02/29/72 Cosmos 1106 100 3000 06/12/79 06/25/79 PVO 100 2000 05/20/78 10/08/92 Solrad 11A 200 2000 04/15/76 07/01/77 Solrad 11B 200 2000 04/15/76 12/01/76 ORS 4 250 6000 04/28/67 06/03/68 Cosmos 163 300 3700 06/05/67 10/11/67 Luna 10 300 3000 03/31/66 04/03/66 Luna 12 300 3000 10/22/66 10/26/66 Cosmos 135 400 2500 12/12/66 04/12/67 Prognoz 2 400 11800 06/29/72 12/15/72 Cosmos 60 500 2000 03/12/65 03/17/65 Apollo 15 550 8600 07/26/71 08/07/71 Apollo 16 550 8600 04/16/72 04/27/72 Mars 4 1000 9000 07/21/73 02/10/74 Mars 5 1000 9000 07/25/73 02/12/74 SAS 2 20000 1000000 11/15/72 06/08/73 HEASARC COS B 30000 5000000 08/09/75 04/25/82 HEASARC Explorer 11 50000 500000 04/27/61 09/10/61 Proton 1 50000 450000 07/16/65 10/11/65 Proton 2 50000 450000 11/02/65 06/02/66 Cosmos 856 100000 4000000 09/22/76 10/05/76 Cosmos 914 100000 4000000 05/31/77 06/13/77 This file was last modified on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2006 10:34:53 EDT HEASARC Home | Observatories | Archive | Calibration | Software | Tools | Students/Teachers/Public Last modified: Wednesday, 26-Jul-2006 10:34:53 EDT