ANS -
Lifetime: Aug 1974 - June 1977, Energy Range: 0.1 - 30 keV and 1500-3300 Angstoms
Ariel V -
Lifetime: Oct 1974 - Mar 1980, Energy Range: 0.3 - 40 keV
ASCA - First X-ray mission to combine imaging
capability with broad pass band, good spectral resolution, and a large effective area.
(1993 - 2001)
BBXRT -
Lifetime: Dec 1990, Energy Range: 0.3 - 12 keV, Shuttle-borne instrument
BeppoSAX - Broad band energy. X-ray imaging the
sources associated with Gamma-ray bursts and determining their positions with an
unprecedented precision. (1996 - 2002)
CGRO - Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
First Great Gamma-Ray observatory. Discovery of an isotropic distribution of the
Gamma-ray bursts. (1991 - 2000)
Copernicus -
Lifetime: Aug 1972 - late 1980, Energy Range: 0.5 - 10 keV
COS-B -
Lifetime: Aug 1975 - Apr 1982, Energy Range: 2 keV - 5 GeV"
DXS -
Lifetime: Jan 1993, Energy Range: 0.15 - 0.28 keV, Shuttle-borne instrument
Einstein -
Lifetime: Nov 1978 - Apr 1981, Energy Range: 0.2 - 20 keV