Names | Explorer 67 EUVE |
---|---|
Mission type | Ultraviolet astronomy |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1992-031A |
SATCAT no. | 21987 |
Website | ssl.berkeley.edu/euve |
Mission duration | 6 months (planned) 8.5 years (achieved) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Explorer LXVII |
Spacecraft type | Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
Bus | Multi-mission Modular Spacecraft (MMS) |
Manufacturer | Space Sciences Laboratory |
Launch mass | 3,275 kg (7,220 lb) |
Power | 1100 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 June 1992, 16:40:00 UTC |
Rocket | Delta 6920-10 (Delta 210) |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC-17A |
Contractor | McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company |
Entered service | 7 June 1992 |
End of mission | |
Deactivated | 31 January 2001 |
Last contact | 2 February 2001 |
Decay date | 31 January 2002 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 515 km (320 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 527 km (327 mi) |
Inclination | 28.40° |
Period | 94.80 minutes |
Instruments | |
Extreme Ultraviolet Deep-Sky Survey Extreme Ultraviolet Full-Sky Survey | |
The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE or Explorer 67) was a NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. EUVE was a part of NASA's Explorer spacecraft series. Launched on 7 June 1992 with instruments for ultraviolet (UV) radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm (equivalent to 0.016–0.163 keV in energy), 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 31 January 2001.[1]