ORFEUS-SPAS II
Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle PAllet Satellite II
past Mission
Type
Instrument
Launch
Nov. 20, 1996
Partners
German Aerospace Center, NASA
Objective
Study celestial ultraviolet light sources
A trio of instruments, deployed from the space shuttle, to study celestial sources of light in the far- and extreme-ultraviolet spectrum, and learn more about the evolution of stars, the structure of galaxies, and the nature of the interstellar medium.
![ORFEUS artist's concept](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/orfeus-spas-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
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