EUVE

Extreme Ultra Violet Explorer

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General

Designation	21987 / 92031A
Launch date	7 Jun 1992
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific: Astronomy
Perigee/Apogee	503/527 km
Inclination	28.4°
Period	94.9 min
Launch vehicle	Delta 2 #210

EUVE has completed a survey of the entire celestial sphere in the extreme ultraviolet (UV) spectrum. Spectroscopic observations of individual targets are now made possible for guest observers.

In Sep 2000 NASA decided to stop supporting the satellite at the end of the year to meet budget cuts. Was switched off on 2 Feb 2001.

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End of life

Decay

31 Jan 2002

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External resources

http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/

http://mahler.brera.mi.astro.it/STRUMENTI/euve.html
sat-index articles

Technical data

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Based on the MultiMission Spacecraft bus. 3175 kg

Telemetry & command via TDRS.
Telemetry: 2287.5 MHz (realtime: 1/32 kbps, playback: upto 1024 kbps)
Command: 2106.4 MHz (1/0.125 kbps)

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