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Astronomical/telescope
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Below are checklists of astronomical/telescope satellites, launch dates, and images of the satellites. Many solar and inter-planetary satellites are listed under the scientific/research discipline/category on this Website. Also, astronomical satellites (such as Explorer-38/49 / RAE, Explorer-42/48/53 / SAS, and Explorer-74 / SWAS) that are part of mostly non-astronomical series (in this case the Explorer-series) are found listed under those series rather than separating them out of those series or listing them twice. This is a work in progress, and completeness is our goal. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| OAO-1 (OAO-A) | 1966-04-08 | OAO-1 OAO-1 | OAO | OAO |
| OAO-2 (OAO-A2) | 1968-12-07 | OAO-2 OAO-2 | ||
| OAO-B [failed] | 1970-11-30 | OAO-B OAO-B (not OAO-2) OAO-B (not OAO-2) | ||
| OAO-3 (OAO-C) / Copernicus | 1972-08-21 | OAO-3 | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| HEAO-1 (HEAO-A) | 1977-08-12 | HEAO-1 HEAO-1 | HEAO | HEAO |
| HEAO-2 (HEAO-B) / Einstein | 1978-11-13 | HEAO-2 | ||
| HEAO-3 (HEAO-C) | 1979-09-20 | HEAO-3 | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| Astro-A / Hinotori | 1981-02-21 | Astro-A | Astro-A | Astro-A+other Astro-A+other |
| Astro-B / Tenma | 1983-02-20 | Astro-B | ||
| Astro-C / Ginga | 1987-02-05 | Astro-C Astro-C | Astro-C+others | |
| Astro-D / Asuka / ASCA | 1993-02-20 | Astro-D | ||
| Astro-E [failed] | 2000-02-10 | Astro-E | ||
| Astro-E2 / Sazuka | 2000-02-10 | Astro-E | Astro-E2 | |
| Astro-F / Akari / IRIS | 2006-02-21 | Astro-F | ||
| Satellite | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | ||
| IRAS | 1983-01-25 | IRAS IRAS | IRAS | IRAS |
| Spartan-1 | 1985-06-20 | Spartan-1 | ||
| Hubble / HST [Discovery-launched] | 1990-04-25 | HST HST HST HST (with Shuttle) | Hubble / HST | Hubble / HST |
| Hubble / HST [Endeavour-repaired] | 1993-12-02 | |||
| Hubble / HST [Discovery-repaired] | 1997-02-11 | |||
| Hubble / HST [Discovery-repaired] | 1999-12-19 | |||
| Hubble / HST [Columbia-repaired] | 2002-03-01 | |||
| Rosat | 1990-06-01 | Rosat Rosat | Rosat Rosat Rosat | Rosat Rosat |
| CGRO [Atlantis-launched] | 1991-04-05 | CGRO CGRO | ||
| ALEXIS | 1993-04-25 | ALEXIS ALEXIS | ||
| ISO | 1995-12-17 | ISO ISO | ISO | ISO |
| ARGOS | 1999-02-23 | ARGOS | ||
| Chandra / CXO / AXAF [Columbia-launched] | 1999-07-23 | Chandra Chandra | Chandra / CXO | Chandra / CXO |
| XMM / Newton | 1999-12-10 | XMM | XMM / Newton | XMM / Newton |
| Spitzer Space Telescope / SIRTF | 2003-08-25 | Spitzer Spitzer | ||
| JWST / NGST | 2013 | NGST | NGST | |
1On these items, HST is drawn with the solar panels perpendicular to the spacecraft body, whereas in reality they are parallel to the spacecraft body.
| Satellite | Country | Launch Date | Images | ||
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| reference | launch covers | postal items | |||
| ANS | Netherlands | 1974-08-30 | ANS | ANS ANS ANS (OAO-1 image) | ANS |
| COS-B | Europe (ESA) | 1975-08-09 | COS-B COS-B | COS-B COS-B COS-B COS-B | |
| Astron / Astron-1 | Russia | 1983-03-23 | Astron | ||
| EXOSAT | Europe (ESA) | 1983-05-26 | Exosat Exosat Exosat Exosat (early-concept) | Exosat Meteosat+Exosat+Intelsat-5+Arabsat+Turksat | Exosat |
| Hipparcos | Europe (ESA) | 1989-08-08 | Hipparcos | Hipparcos | |
| Granat / Astron-2 | France / Russia | 1989-12-01 | Granat | Granat | Granat |
| Gamma | France / Russia | 1990-07-11 | Gamma | ||
| SFU [rocket-launched] | Japan / USA | 1995-03-18 | SFU | GMS-5+SFU GMS-5+SFU GMS-5+SFU GMS-5+SFU | SFU (Endeavour-retrieval) |
| SFU [Endeavour-retrieved] | 1996-01-13 | ||||
| Minisat | Spain | 1997-04-21 | Minisat | ||
| INTEGRAL | Europe (ESA) | 2002-10-17 | INTEGRAL | ||
| STARS | Europe (ESA) | Canceled | STARS | ||
| COROT | France | 2006-12-27 | COROT COROT COROT COROT COROT | COROT COROT COROT | |
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