- NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)@
- Chandra X-Ray Observatory@
- Hubble Space Telescope (38)
![[new]](http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/g/new2.gif) - Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
 - Telescope launched by a rocket in 2003 which uses ultraviolet light to observe galaxies. Site provides image gallery as well as updates of the sky regions observed. - Spitzer Space Telescope@
- Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
- Operates at wavelengths from 2.5 - 240 microns. A project of the European Space Agency.
- Constellation-X
- An X-ray observatory that will study supermassive black holes and the life cycles of matter throughout the Universe.
- Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)@
- Learn about STEREO, NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory that is designed help us understand coronal mass ejections and the flow of energy from the Sun to the Earth.
- ROSAT: The ROentgen SATellite@
- Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT)
- The telescope has flown twice aboard the Space Shuttle as part of a package of instruments called the Astro Observatory.
- Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)
- Satellite-based observatory studying the very hot, very low-density gas of the Interstellar Medium surrounding the Solar System.
- Solar-B@
- Learn about the Solar-B mission, an international effort between Japan, the U.S. and the U.K. to better understand the mechanisms for solar variability. Find sites from NASA, JAXA, PPARC, and other mission contributors describing Solar-B's telescopes and imaging instrumentation.
- ESA Science & Technology: Darwin
- Utilizing a flotilla of six space telescopes, to scan the nearby Universe, looking for signs of life on Earth-like planets.
- James Webb Space Telescope@
- ASCA: Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics
- X-ray spectroscopy of astrophysical plasmas, especially the analysis of discrete features such as emission lines and absorption edges.
- ESA - Planck
- ESA's Planck mission will be the first European space observatory whose main goal is the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background -- the relic radiation from the Big Bang.
- Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
- Learn about NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously.
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