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EUVE

NASA’s EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer) spacecraft was the first satellite entirely dedicated to short-wavelength ultraviolet light, ranging from 7 to 76 nanometers. Its all-sky survey cataloged 801 sources, including the first detection of objects beyond our galaxy in this light.

Type

Space telescope

Launch

June 7, 1992

Wavelength

Ultraviolet

decommissioned

Jan. 31, 2001

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