Observatory

NAOJ Mizusawa Campus

Organization

Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory

Organization

non-profit founded in 1996 to promote the conservation of birds

Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment

Vehicle

optical astrophysics payload for the California Institute of Technology

Simplesat

Vehicle

failed American small satellite deployed by STS-105

Hibari

Vehicle

Japanese microsatellite

Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite

Vehicle

NASA Telescope for X-Ray astronomy

Pampilhosa da Serra Observatory

Vehicle

space observatory in Portugal

STARS-AO

Vehicle

Japanese CubeSat space telescope

Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies

Organization

Nicaraguan government agency for mapping and geosciences, founded in 1981 and based in Managua

Sakurajima Volcano Research Center

Organization

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory B

Vehicle

NASA space observatory launched in 1970, lost when rocket fairing failed to separate

Spacelab 2 X-ray Telescope

Product

X-ray telescope flown on the STS-51-F Spacelab 2 mission

PUNCH-WFI 1

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics satellite, part of the PUNCH constellation

STEREO-A

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics space probe

PUNCH-WFI 3

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics satellite, part of the PUNCH constellation

Spectrum-X-Gamma

Vehicle

Spacelab Solar

Thing

proposed Spacelab payload for Space Shuttle missions by ESA

PUNCH-NFI

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics satellite, part of the PUNCH constellation

EOS-ALT1

Vehicle

The Earth Observing System is a science and observation program that will provide long-term (15-year) data sets for Earth system science in order to gain an understanding of the interactions between Earth's land, atmosphere, oceans, and biology.

Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University

Organization

ORFEUS-SPAS II

Vehicle

free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-80

CRISTA-SPAS II

Vehicle

free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-85

Advanced OSO

Vehicle

The objectives of this project were to develop and orbit advanced solar observatories and to develop and refine intrumentation for these observatories.

Yangwang-1

Vehicle

space observatory

Solar Optical Telescope

Vehicle

The main objective of SOT is to achieve the high spatial resolution required for the determination of density, temperature, magnetic field, and non-thermal velocity field in solar features on the scale at which many basic physical processes occur.

BRITE-Toronto

Vehicle

Canadian nanosatellite observatory

Gaia

Vehicle

space observatory

New Horizons KBO Search

Vehicle

mission extension of New Horizon through 2021 to explore additional Kuiper belt objects (KBOs)

Lazuli Space Observatory

Vehicle

proposed private space telescope

PUNCH-WFI 2

Vehicle

NASA heliophysics satellite, part of the PUNCH constellation

SPARTAN 201-05

Vehicle

American solar observatory flown during STS-95

ORFEUS-SPAS I

Vehicle

free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-51

Palomar Mountain-DSS

Vehicle

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a digitized version of several photographic astronomical surveys of the night sky, produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute between 1983 and 2006.

Carl Sagan Observatory

Vehicle

proposed space observatory

OSL

Vehicle

The main objective of the Orbiting Solar Laboratory (OSL) is to acquire images of the solar surface with the high spatial resolution

European Southern Observatory, La Silla-DSS

Vehicle

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a digitized version of several photographic astronomical surveys of the night sky, produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute between 1983 and 2006.

Roving observer

Vehicle

space observatory

AMPS

Vehicle

acronym for Atmosphere, Magnetosphere, and Plasmas-in-Space, refers to a series of Shuttle/Spacelab modules currently under study.

BRITE-Montréal

Vehicle

Canadian nanosatellite observatory, failed to separate from launch vehicle

STEREO-B

Vehicle

former NASA heliophysics space probe

Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

Vehicle

ultraviolet telescope on the Aditya-L1 spacecraft

SATech-01

Vehicle

Chinese technology demonstration and X-ray astronomy satellite

CRISTA-SPAS I

Vehicle

free-flying observatory carried on Space Shuttle mission STS-66

Astro

Vehicle

two identical telescopes and imaging system mounted on the ESA Gaia spacecraft