The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory, also known as ASO-S, is a satellite mission aimed at improving observations of solar activity. The satellite...

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission which has been observing the Sun since 2010. Launched on 11 February 2010, the observatory is part...

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi...

troposphere and has excellent astronomical seeing conditions. The Mees Solar Observatory (MSO) is named after Kenneth Mees and dedicated in 1964. It consists...

proposals for space telescopes, space-based (situated in space) astronomical observatories. It is a list of past and present space observatory plans, concepts...

smaller gravity wave observatories are now operational in Japan (KAGRA) and Italy (Virgo). The two LIGO observatories use mirrors spaced 4 km apart to measure...

heliophysics missions Advanced Composition Explorer Parker Solar Probe Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Solar Dynamics Observatory Solar Orbiter WIND (spacecraft)...

NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes launched between 1990 and 2003. They were...

polar orbits. The first of the polar orbit satellites, the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S, also unofficially known as Kuafu-1 (夸父一号) ), was...

Vatican Observatory (Italian: Specola Vaticana) is an astronomical research and educational institution supported by the Holy See. Originally based in the...

astronomical sources. LISA will be the first dedicated space-based gravitational-wave observatory. It aims to measure gravitational waves directly by using...

This list of space telescopes (astronomical space observatories) is grouped by major frequency ranges: gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared...

STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft (STEREO-A, STEREO-B) were launched in...

~2 to ~40 MeV/nuc. HIT, heavily based on the Low Energy Telescope (LET) on the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), delivers full-sky coverage...

extraterrestrial observatory". In it, he discussed the two main advantages that a space-based observatory would have over ground-based telescopes. First...

The Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) is part of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) that is known primarily...

Explorer (TRACE, or Explorer 73, SMEX-4) was a NASA heliophysics and solar observatory designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic...

Foundation. Sunspot Solar Observatory (SSO) operates the Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) on behalf of the NSF. The Big Bear Solar Observatory in California...

ISEE-3, ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer), STEREO (twin solar observatories), and Parker Solar Probe's EPI-Hi instrument. He has delivered three Theodore...

telescope at the Sunspot Solar Observatory, operated by New Mexico State University in partnership with the National Solar Observatory through funding from...

fluctuations. All solar fluctuations together are referred to as solar variation, producing space weather within the Sun's gravitational field. Solar activity...

The WIYN Observatory is owned and operated by the WIYN Consortium. Its 3.5-meter telescope is the second largest optical telescope at Kitt Peak National...

Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE or Explorer 71) is a NASA Explorer program satellite and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic...

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Mitaka Campus Official website Portals: Hawaii Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System Education Science...

The W. M. Keck Observatory is an astronomical observatory with two telescopes at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea...

(EOS), INTEGRAL, MAVEN, OSIRIS-REx, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Tracking and Data Relay Satellite...

space-based, airborne, ground-based, and underground-based. Many modern telescopes and observatories are located in space to observe astronomical objects...

The North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Physics Frontier Center is a consortium of astronomers who share a common...

2019-01-11 at the Wayback Machine – Guided MGIO tours for the public Portals: Arizona Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System Education Science...

the most advanced optical/infrared telescopes available to astronomers. (See List of largest optical reflecting telescopes). The observatory is owned...