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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

~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...

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

Galileo Solar Space Telescope – Multi-mission Platform (GSST-PMM) is a mission proposed by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) that aims...

Nuclear-based systems can have less mass than solar cells of equivalent power, allowing more compact spacecraft that are easier to orient and direct in space...

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...

2010 to GSO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – European space observatory Solar Orbiter – European space-based solar observatory Parker Solar Probe – NASA...

observation of gravitational waves was made in September 2015 by the Advanced LIGO observatories, detecting gravitational waves with wavelengths of a few thousand...

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...

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

Archived 2012-04-22 at the Wayback Machine East Anglian Amateur Radio Observatory Website Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System...

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

"The JWST Observatory". NASA. 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2016. The Observatory is the space-based portion of...

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

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...

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