Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

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Name = Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer


Caption = The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer spacecraft
Organization = NASA
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Mission_Type = Atmospheric observation using UV telescope
Satellite_Of = Earth
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Launch = 6/7/92
Launch_Vehicle = Delta II
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Mission_Duration = 6-7-92 to 1-30-02
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Webpage = [http://archive.stsci.edu/euve/ EUVE page at NASA-STScI (MAST)]
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The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE) was a space telescope for ultraviolet (UV) astronomy, launched on June 7, 1992. With instruments for 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 observed approximately 350 astronomical targets before re-entering the atmosphere on January 30, 2002.

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

References

External links

* [http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/euve/ EUVE page at Space Sciences Lab]
* [http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/euve/euve.html EUVE page at NASA-GSFC]
* [http://archive.stsci.edu/euve/ EUVE page at NASA-STScI (MAST)]