
	ALEXIS - Array of Low Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors Launch Date: April 25, 1993, Decommissioned: April 29, 2005

	Algonquin Radio Observatory

	Allegheny Observatory

	ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array)

	Apache Point Observatory

	Arecibo Observatory (NAIC)

	ARIEL V Launch date: 5 October 1974, Operated until: 1980

	ASCA (Japan) / ASCA (NASA, USA) - The Advanced Satellite for Cosmolgy and Astrophysics Launch Date: February 20, 1993, Control lost on July 14, 2000

	AURA - ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES FOR RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, INC.

	AXAF - The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, renamed CXO (Chandra X-Ray Observatory)

	BeppoSAX - Satellite per Astronomia X "Beppo" / (NASA, USA) Launch Date: April 30 1996, Switched off: May 2, 2002

	BIMA - BERKELEY ILLINOIS MARYLAND ASSOCIATION

	Calar Alto Observatory

	Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO)

	Cassini Mission Launch Date: October 15, 1997

	Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikolaja Kopernika (CAMK) Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

	Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO)

	Chandra Launch Date: July 23, 1999

	Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) Launch Date: April 05, 1991, Re-entered the Earth's atmosphere: June 4, 2000

	Copernicus (OAO-3) - Mission Launch Date: 21 August 1972, operated till: February 1981

	COS-B (ESA)/ COS-B (NASA, USA)

	Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) Launch Date: January 12, 2003, Terminated in April 2008

	David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto (DDO)

	Deep Space Network (DSN) - NASA

	Discovery Program

	Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO)

	Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)

	E-ELT - The European Extremely Large Telescope

	Effelsberg Radio Observatory

	Einstein (HEAO-2) - The second High Energy Astrophysical Observatory Lifetime: 12 November 1978 - April 1981

	ESA - European Space Agency

	ESO - European Southern Observatory

	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Launch Date: June 11, 2008 Range: 8keV - 300GeV The Large Area Telescope (LAT): 30MeV - 300GeV The GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM): 8keV - 30MeV

	GALEX - Galaxy Evolution Explorer Launch Date: April 28, 2003 Range: 1300?? - 3000??

	Galileo Project Launch Date:18 October 1989, End of Mission: 21 September 2003

	Gemini Observatory

	Gravity Probe B (Stanford University) / Gravity Probe B (NASA) Launch Date: 20 April 2004, Decommissioned: 8 December 2010

	Hakucho [CORSA-b] Lifetime : 21 February 1979 - 16 April 1985

	HALCA / MUSES-B - Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy Launch Date: February 12, 1997, Terminated: November 30 2005

	HartRAO - Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory

	Hubble Space Telescope Launch Date: April 24, 1990

	Huygens Probe Launch Date: October 15, 1997 08:43 UT, Mission End: 14 Jan 2005

	Integral (NASA) / Integral (ESA) International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory Launch Date: October 17, 2002

	IUE (STSCI) / IUE (ESA) - The International Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite Launch Date: January 26, 1978, Terminated: September 30, 1996

	Jodrell Bank Observatory

	Kepler Launch Date: March 06, 2009

	Las Campanas Observatory

	Mars Odyssey Launch Date: April 07, 2001

	NEAR Shoemaker - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Launch Date: February 17, 1996, Last transmission: February 28, 2001

	NOAO - National Optical Astronomy Observatories

	NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory

	Planck - (initially COBRAS/SAMBA) space observatory of the European Space Agency Launch Date: May 14, 2009

	ROSAT (USA) / ROSAT(Germany) - ROentgen SATellite Launch Date: June 01, 1990, Terminated: February 12, 1999

	RXTE - Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Launch Date: December 30, 1995

	Solar Probe Plus

	Spectrum-X-Gamma (SXG) (IKI, Russia) / Spectrum-X-Gamma (SXG) (USA)

	Suzaku (Japan) / Suzaku (NASA, USA) Launch Date: July 10, 2005

	Swift Launch Date: November 20, 2004

	Vela-5B Satellite Launch Date: 23 May 1969, Terminated: 19 June 1979

	Viking Mission (Viking 1-2) Launch Date: (1)August 20, 1975, (2)September 9, 1975; End of communication: (1)November 13, 1982, (2)April 11, 1980

	Voyager Mission Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, the longest continuously-operating spacecraft in deep space Launch Date: (1)September 05, 1977, (2)August 20, 1977 Range: IR, UV, Radio, plasma, magntic field, cosmic rays, ... click here to see details

	VSOP - VLBI Space Observatory Programme

	WISE - Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer Launch Date: December 14, 2009, decommissioned in February 2011 Range: IR 3�?m - 25�?m

	WMAP - Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe Launch Date: June 30, 2001, Decommissioned: October of 2010 Range: �?wave 22GHz - 90GHz

	XMM-Newton - The European Space Agency's (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission Launch Date: December 10, 1999 Range: opt/UV 170nm - 650nm; X-ray 0.15keV - 15 keV