Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer

EUVE spacecraft
Names	Explorer 67 EUVE
Mission type	Ultraviolet astronomy
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-031A
SATCAT no.	21987
Website	ssl.berkeley.edu/euve
Mission duration	6 months (planned) 8.5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Explorer LXVII
Spacecraft type	Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
Bus	Multi-mission Modular Spacecraft (MMS)
Manufacturer	Space Sciences Laboratory
Launch mass	3,275 kg (7,220 lb)
Power	1100 watts
Start of mission
Launch date	7 June 1992, 16:40:00 UTC
Rocket	Delta 6920-10 (Delta 210)
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, LC-17A
Contractor	McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company
Entered service	7 June 1992
End of mission
Deactivated	31 January 2001
Last contact	2 February 2001
Decay date	31 January 2002
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	515 km (320 mi)
Apogee altitude	527 km (327 mi)
Inclination	28.40°
Period	94.80 minutes
Instruments
Extreme Ultraviolet Deep-Sky Survey Extreme Ultraviolet Full-Sky Survey
Explorer program ← Cosmic Background Explorer (Explorer 66) Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (Explorer 68) →

The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE or Explorer 67) was a NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. EUVE was a part of NASA's Explorer spacecraft series. Launched on 7 June 1992. With instruments for ultraviolet (UV) radiation between wavelengths of 7 and 76 nm (equivalent to 0.016–0.163 keV in energy), the EUVE was the first satellite mission especially for the short-wave ultraviolet range. The satellite compiled an all-sky survey of 801 astronomical targets before being decommissioned on 31 January 2001.^[1]