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UV Astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive

Operations: Final report

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Galactic

Galactic Supernova The event of the century for astronomers was the cataclysmic explosion of a massive star. Although such supernovae are crucial in cosmic history, and the source of...

Spacecraft

Spacecraft The IUE spacecraft Dimensions The IUE satellite measured 142 × 422 cm and had a launch mass of 671 kg (122 kg science, 237 kg apogee boost...

IUE Spacecraft Operations Final Report

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Instruments

Instruments Telescope: 45 cm, f/15 Ritchey-Chrétien Cassegrain Spectrographs: Echelle (115 nm to 198 nm and 180 nm to 320 nm) ...

IUE Fact Sheet

IUE, or International Ultraviolet Explorer, was a ESA/NASA-UK venture. It analysed ultraviolet light from the stars, which is blocked by the Earth's ozone layer but often carries storm signals of...

Summary

The International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite (IUE) was a trilateral project between NASA who provided the spacecraft, telescope, spectrographs and one ground observatory, ESA who provided the...

Objectives

Objectives During its lifetime IUE greatly surpassed the expectations of the original science goals set to justify the mission: To obtain high-resolution spectra of stars of all...

Launch and Orbit

Launch and Orbit Launch The IUE satellite was launched by a Delta rocket on 26 January 1978 at 17:36 UT from the Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, United States. The first two...

Ground Operations

IUE was a trilateral project, in which NASA provided the spacecraft, telescope, spectrographs and one ground observatory, ESA the solar panels and the second observatory, and the UK the four...

INFO 06-2000: Farewell to a Legendary Mission

What happens with an astronomical satellite after it is switched off? Answer: it keeps producing science. That is at least the true of the legendary International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)...

UV astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive

The Conference "UV Astrophysics beyond the IUE Final Archive" (11-14 November 1997) was organised to mark the end of the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)project by the three...

More about IUE

More about IUE This page provides a link to /home/iue/

PR 35-1996: IUE project comes to an end after 18+ years of extremely successful orbital operations

At a meeting of the Science Programme Committee (SPC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) in February, the decision was taken to terminate the orbital operations of the International Ultraviolet...

INFO 19-1996: Three spacecraft observe Jupiter's glowing polar regions

The International Ultraviolet Explorer has completed a campaign of special observations of Jupiter in concert with the Hubble Space Telescope and with NASA's Galileo spacecraft now in orbit around...

Tribute to a Colleague

SciTech pays tribute to Willem Wamsteker the man behind one of the longest missions in astronomy, IUE, who died recently.

INFO 36-1997: IUE's treasure-chest of the ultraviolet Universe

The twenty-year saga of the International Ultraviolet Explorer, IUE, culminates in Sevilla, Spain, at a scientific conference, 11-14 November. The worlds astronomers will review the results of this...

INFO 23-1995: ESA innovation rescues Ultraviolet Observatory

The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) spacecraft, launched in January 1978, is one of the longest living and most successful spacecraft ever launched. For 18 years the IUE spacecraft was...

IUE Spacecraft Operations - Final Report

IUE Spacecraft Operations - Final Report Publication date: 16 September 1997 Journal: ESA SP Volume: 1215 Page: 1-167 Year: 1997 Copyright: ESA The present document...

Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet Fast Facts IUE Launch date: 26-Jan-1978 17:36 UT Mission end: 30-Sep-1996 ...

Mission Home

Mission Home This page provides a link to /iue

IUE: storm signals

IUE success stories, plus an introduction to various ESA collaborations in high-energy astronomy

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IUE - International Ultraviolet Explorer

Science Results

IUE has been the most productive astronomical telescope ever. Its 18.7 years of operations returned 104 470 high- and low-resolution images of 9600 astronomical sources from all classes of...