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EUVE spacecraft
NamesExplorer 67
EUVE
Mission typeUltraviolet astronomy
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1992-031A
SATCAT no.21987
Websitessl.berkeley.edu/euve
Mission duration6 months (planned)
8.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftExplorer LXVII
Spacecraft typeExtreme Ultraviolet Explorer
BusMulti-mission Modular Spacecraft (MMS)
ManufacturerSpace Sciences Laboratory
Launch mass3,275 kg (7,220 lb)
Power1100 watts
Start of mission
Launch date7 June 1992, 16:40:00 UTC
RocketDelta 6920-10 (Delta 210)
Launch siteCape Canaveral, LC-17A
ContractorMcDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
Entered service7 June 1992
End of mission
Deactivated31 January 2001
Last contact2 February 2001
Decay date31 January 2002
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit1
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude515 km (320 mi)
Apogee altitude527 km (327 mi)
Inclination28.40°
Period94.80 minutes
Instruments
Extreme Ultraviolet Deep-Sky Survey
Extreme Ultraviolet Full-Sky Survey
Explorer program

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

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Footnotes

  1. “Trajectory: EUVE (Explorer 67) 1992-031A”. NASA. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.