HETE 1

NASA’s HETE 1 (High Energy Transient Explorer 1) mission was to have been an international mission to carry out the first multiwavelength study of gamma-ray bursts using ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray instruments. The launch vehicle’s upper stage failed to release the satellite, which lost all power several days after launch. 

Type

Space telescope

Launch

Nov. 4, 1996

Wavelength

Multiwavelength

re-entry

April 7, 2002

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