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High Energy Astrophysics Missions
Pictures from many of these high-energy astrophysics missions are available from the HEASARC’s “Pretty Pictures” page.
Color codes indicate completed/past (blue), active/current (green), and future (gold). Missions tagged with “HEASARC” indicate missions where catalogs and/or data are available (or, for future missions, will be available) at the HEASARC.
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Energy Category
Mission Status
Decade
HEASARC Data
| Mission | Low Energy (keV) | High Energy (keV) | Launch | End Date | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explorer 11 | 50,000 | 500,000 | 1961/04/27 | 1961/09/10 | |
| Ranger 3 | 20 | 3,000 | 1962/01/26 | 1962/01/26 | |
| OSO 1 | 50 | 3,000 | 1962/07/03 | 1963/06/08 | |
| Ranger 5 | 20 | 3,000 | 1962/10/18 | 1962/10/21 | |
| OGO 1 | 80 | 1,000 | 1964/05/09 | 1971/01/11 | |
| Cosmos 60 | 500 | 2,000 | 1965/03/12 | 1965/03/17 | |
| Proton 1 | 50,000 | 450,000 | 1965/07/16 | 1965/10/11 | |
| ORS 3 | 30 | 10,000 | 1965/07/20 | 1965/11/03 | |
| Proton 2 | 50,000 | 450,000 | 1965/11/02 | 1966/06/02 | |
| Luna 10 | 300 | 3,000 | 1966/03/31 | 1966/04/03 | |
| OGO 3 | 80 | 1,000 | 1966/06/07 | 1972/02/29 | |
| Luna 12 | 300 | 3,000 | 1966/10/22 | 1966/10/26 | |
| Cosmos 135 | 400 | 2,500 | 1966/12/12 | 1967/04/12 | |
| OSO 3 | 7.70 | 400,000 | 1967/03/08 | 1969/11/10 | |
| ORS 4 | 250 | 6,000 | 1967/04/28 | 1968/06/03 | |
| Cosmos 163 | 300 | 3,700 | 1967/06/05 | 1967/10/11 | |
| OSO 4 | ~8 | 200 | 1967/10/18 | 1971/12/07 | |
| OGO 5 | 9.60 | 1,000 | 1968/03/04 | 1972/07/14 | |
| ESRO-2B | 0.20 | 12.50 | 1968/05/17 | 1971/05/08 | |
| OSO 5 | 14 | 255 | 1969/01/22 | 1975/07/01 | |
| Vela 5A | 3 | 750 | 1969/05/23 | 1979/04/01 | |
| Vela 5B | 3 | 750 | 1969/05/23 | 1979/06/19 | HEASARC |
| OGO 6 | 23 | 500 | 1969/06/05 | 1972/07/14 | |
| OSO 6 | 27 | 189 | 1969/08/09 | 1972/01/01 | |
| Vela 6A & 6B | 3 | 1,500 | 1970/04/08 | 1979/04/01 | |
| Uhuru | 2 | 20 | 1970/12/12 | 1973/03/01 | HEASARC |
| IMP 6 | 53 | 1,150 | 1971/03/14 | 1972/09/27 | |
| Cosmos 428 | 2 | 30 | 1971/06/04 | 1971/07/06 | |
| Apollo 15 | 550 | 8,600 | 1971/07/26 | 1971/08/07 | |
| OSO 7 | 1 | 10,000 | 1971/09/29 | 1974/09/07 | |
| Cosmos 461 | 28 | 4,100 | 1971/12/02 | 1979/02/21 | |
| TD-1A | 3 | 300,000 | 1972/03/11 | 1973/07/01 | |
| Apollo 16 | 550 | 8,600 | 1972/04/16 | 1972/04/27 | |
| Prognoz 2 | 400 | 11,800 | 1972/06/29 | 1972/12/15 | |
| Copernicus (OAO-3) | 0.50 | 10 | 1972/08/21 | 1973/07/01 | HEASARC |
| COSI | 200 | 5,000 | 2027 | 2029 | HEASARC |
| Discoverer 29 | ~2 | ~300 | 1961/08/30 | 1961/09/04 | |
| Discoverer 31 | ~2 | ~300 | 1961/09/17 | 1961/10/26 | |
| Discoverer 34 | ~2 | ~300 | 1961/11/05 | 1962/12/07 | |
| Mars 4 | 1,000 | 9,000 | 1973/07/21 | 1974/02/10 | |
| Mars 5 | 1,000 | 9,000 | 1973/07/25 | 1974/02/12 | |
| Skylab | 0.12 | 0.30 | 1973/07/28 | 1973/07/28 | |
| ANS | 0.20 | 30 | 1974/08/30 | 1976/04/26 | |
| Ariel V | 0.30 | 40 | 1974/10/15 | 1980/03/14 | HEASARC |
| Salyut 4 | 0.20 | 10 | 1974/12/26 | 1977/02/02 | |
| Aryabhata | 2.50 | 20,000 | 1975/04/19 | 1975/04/23 | |
| SAS 3 | 0.15 | 60 | 1975/05/07 | 1979/04/09 | HEASARC |
| OSO 8 | 0.15 | 1,000 | 1975/06/21 | 1978/10/15 | HEASARC |
| Apollo-Soyuz | 0.18 | 10 | 1975/07/17 | 1975/07/19 | |
| COS B | 30,000 | 5.0 × 106 | 1975/08/09 | 1982/04/25 | |
| Helios 2 | 60 | 1,500 | 1976/01/15 | 1981/01/01 | |
| Solrad 11A | 200 | 2,000 | 1976/04/15 | 1977/07/01 | |
| Solrad 11B | 200 | 2,000 | 1976/04/15 | 1976/12/01 | |
| Cosmos 856 | 100,000 | 4.0 × 106 | 1976/09/22 | 1976/10/05 | |
| Cosmos 914 | 100,000 | 4.0 × 106 | 1977/05/31 | 1977/06/13 | |
| SIGNE 3 | 20 | 10,000 | 1977/06/17 | 1979/06/22 | |
| HEAO 1 | 0.15 | 10,000 | 1977/08/12 | 1979/01/09 | HEASARC |
| Prognoz 6 | 20 | 3,000 | 1977/09/22 | 1978/03/01 | |
| PVO | 100 | 2,000 | 1978/05/20 | 1992/10/08 | |
| ISEE-3 | 5 | 3,000 | 1978/08/12 | 1982/01/01 | |
| Venera 11 | 5 | 3,000 | 1978/09/09 | 1980/02/01 | |
| Venera 12 | 5 | 3,000 | 1978/09/14 | 1980/04/01 | |
| Prognoz 7 | 50 | 3,000 | 1978/10/30 | 1979/06/01 | |
| Einstein (HEAO 2) | 0.10 | 4 | 1978/11/13 | 1981/04/15 | HEASARC |
| Hakucho | 0.10 | 100 | 1979/02/21 | 1984/01/01 | HEASARC |
| P78-1 | 3 | 10 | 1979/02/24 | 1985/09/13 | |
| Ariel VI | 0.25 | 50 | 1979/06/02 | 1982/02/01 | |
| ATHENA | 0.20 | 15 | 2034 | 2039 | |
| BlackCAT | 0.20 | 20 | 2026/01/11 | 2027 | |
| BurstCube | 50 | 1,000 | 2024/03/25 | 2024/09/14 | HEASARC |
| Cosmos 1106 | 100 | 3,000 | 1979/06/12 | 1979/06/25 | |
| HEAO 3 | 50 | 10,000 | 1979/09/20 | 1981/05/29 | |
| SMM | 30 | 100,000 | 1980/02/14 | 1989/12/02 | |
| Venera 13 | 3 | 2,000 | 1981/10/30 | 1983/03/01 | |
| Venera 14 | 3 | 2,000 | 1981/11/04 | 1983/03/01 | |
| Tenma | 0.10 | 60 | 1983/02/20 | 1985/01/01 | |
| Astron | 2 | 25 | 1983/03/23 | 1988/01/01 | |
| Aspera | 0.01 | 0.01 | 2026 | 2027 | |
| EXOSAT | 0.05 | 40 | 1983/05/26 | 1986/09/04 | |
| Prognoz 9 | 40 | 8,000 | 1983/07/01 | 1984/03/01 | |
| Spacelab 1 | 2 | 30 | 1983/11/28 | 1983/12/08 | |
| Spartan 1 | 1 | 12 | 1985/06/20 | 1985/06/22 | |
| Spacelab 2 | 2.50 | 25 | 1985/07/29 | 1985/08/06 | |
| Kvant | 2 | 800 | 1987/03/31 | 2001/03/23 | |
| Ginga | 1 | 400 | 1987/05/02 | 1991/01/11 | |
| DMSP 8 | 20 | 1,000 | 1987/06/20 | 1994/08/01 | |
| DMSP 9 | 20 | 1,000 | 1988/02/03 | 1992/04/03 | |
| Phobos 1 | ~10 | ~1,000 | 1988/07/07 | 1988/09/02 | |
| Phobos 2 | ~10 | ~1,000 | 1988/12/07 | 1989/03/27 | |
| Granat | 2 | 100 | 1989/01/12 | 1998/11/30 | HEASARC |
| ROSAT | 0.10 | 2.40 | 1990/06/01 | 1999/02/18 | HEASARC |
| Gamma | 20 | 6.0 × 106 | 1990/07/11 | 1992/01/01 | |
| Ulysses | 5 | 150 | 1990/10/06 | 2009/06/30 | |
| DMSP 10 | 20 | 1,000 | 1990/12/01 | 1994/09/26 | |
| BBXRT | 0.30 | 12 | 1990/12/02 | 1990/12/11 | |
| CGRO | 30 | 3.0 × 107 | 1991/04/05 | 2000/06/04 | HEASARC |
| DMSP 11 | 20 | 1,000 | 1991/11/28 | 2000/08/07 | |
| SROSS 3 | 20 | 3,000 | 1992/05/20 | 1992/07/14 | |
| EUVE | 0.02 | 0.20 | 1992/06/07 | 2001/01/31 | HEASARC |
| EURECA | 6 | 150 | 1992/07/31 | 1993/01/07 | |
| Mars Observer | 45 | 1,500 | 1992/09/25 | 1993/08/21 | |
| DXS | 0.15 | 0.28 | 1993/01/13 | 1993/01/19 | HEASARC |
| ASCA | 0.50 | 12 | 1993/02/20 | 2000/07/15 | HEASARC |
| ALEXIS | 0.07 | 0.09 | 1993/04/25 | 1993/04/25 | |
| GGS Wind | 10 | 10,000 | 1994/01/11 | ||
| DMSP 12 | 20 | 1,000 | 1994/08/29 | 2008/10/13 | |
| DMSP 13 | 20 | 1,000 | 1995/03/24 | 2009/11/19 | |
| RXTE | 2 | 250 | 1995/12/31 | 2012/01/12 | HEASARC |
| NEAR | 1 | 10,000 | 1996/03/16 | 2001/02/28 | |
| IRS-P3 | 2 | 18 | 1996/03/21 | 2006/01/15 | |
| BeppoSAX | 0.10 | 500 | 1996/04/30 | 2003/04/30 | HEASARC |
| Minisat 1 (LEGRI) | 10 | 200 | 1997/04/21 | 2002/02/14 | |
| ABRIXAS | 0.50 | 12 | 1999/04/28 | 1999/04/30 | |
| Argos (USA) | 1 | 15 | 1999/05/11 | 2000/11/15 | |
| Chandra | 0.10 | 10 | 1999/07/23 | 2024/07 | |
| XMM - Newton | 0.10 | 15 | 1999/12/10 | 2010 | HEASARC |
| HETE-2 | 0.50 | 400 | 2000/10/09 | 2008/03/31 | HEASARC |
| INTEGRAL | 15 | 10,000 | 2002/10/01 | 2023/06 | HEASARC |
| Swift | 0.30 | 80 | 2004/11/20 | HEASARC | |
| Astro E | 0.40 | 80 | 2000/02/10 | 2000/02/10 | HEASARC |
| Suzaku (Astro E2) | 0.30 | 80 | 2005/07/10 | 2015/07/02 | HEASARC |
| AGILE | 30,000 | 5.0 × 107 | 2007/04/23 | 2024/01/18 | |
| Fermi | 10,000 | 300,000 | 2008/06/11 | ||
| MAXI | 0.50 | 30 | 2009/07/15 | HEASARC | |
| NuSTAR | 3 | 79 | 2012/06/13 | 2014/07 | HEASARC |
| CALET | 7 | 1.0 × 106 | 2015/08/15 | HEASARC | |
| Astrosat | 0.30 | 150 | 2015/09/28 | 2020 | |
| DAMPE | 5.0 × 106 | 1.0 × 1011 | 2015/12/17 | ||
| Hitomi | 0.30 | 600 | 2016/02/17 | 2016/03/27 | HEASARC |
| Lomonosov | 5 | 4,000 | 2016/04/28 | 2018/06/30 | |
| Polar | 50 | 500 | 2016/09/15 | 2017/04/01 | |
| XPNAV-1 | 0.10 | 10 | 2016/11/10 | ||
| NICER | 0.20 | 12 | 2017/06/03 | ||
| HXMT - Insight | 1 | 350 | 2017/06/15 | 2021/07 | |
| HaloSat | 0.40 | 7 | 2018/05/21 | 2021/01/04 | |
| PolarLight | 1 | 10 | 2018/10/29 | ||
| SRG | 0.50 | 30 | 2019/07/13 | ||
| GECAM | 5 | ~3,000 | 2020/12/10 | 2024 | |
| IXPE | 1 | 10 | 2021/12/09 | 2024/02 | |
| XRISM | 1.70 | 80 | 2023/10/01 | HEASARC | |
| AMS-02 | ~100,000 | 2.0 × 109 | 2011/05/19 | HEASARC | |
| Einstein Probe | 0.30 | 10 | 2024/01/09 | 2027 | |
| Glowbug | ~30 | ~2,000 | 2023/05/29 | 2024/04 | |
| GRBAlpha | 70 | 890 | 2021/03/21 | 2025/06/09 | |
| GRBBeta | 70 | 890 | 2024/07/09 | ||
| Lobster Eye 1 | ~0.40 | ~4 | 2020/07/20 | 2022 | |
| PUEO | ~1.0 × 1015 | ~1.0 × 1016 | 2025/12/09 | 2026/01/12 | HEASARC |
| Solrad 10 | 20 | 150 | 1971/07/08 | 1976/03 | |
| StarBurst | 30 | 20,000 | 2027 | 2028 | HEASARC |
| SVOM | 0.20 | 5,000 | 2024/06/22 | 2027/07 | |
| TARANIS | 20 | 10,000 | 2020/11/16 | 2020/11/16 | |
| TigerISS | ~350,000 | ~1.0 × 107 | 2027 | 2032 | HEASARC |
| VZLUSat-2 | 30 | 900 | 2022/01/22 | 2023 | |
| XL-Calibur | 15 | 80 | 2022/07/12 | 2024/07/14 | HEASARC |
| XQC | 0.10 | 1.10 | 1995/12/04 | 2013/11/03 | HEASARC |
| WASS | 0.10 | 6 | 1972/12/08 | 1980/01/21 | HEASARC |
| EUSO SPB | ~1.0 × 1013 | ~3.0 × 1017 | 2017/04/24 | 2023/05/15 | |
| eXTP | 0.50 | 80 | 2027 | ||
| HERD | ~1.0 × 109 | ~3.0 × 1012 | 2027 | 2037 | |
| XPoSat | 0.80 | 30 | 2024/01/01 | 2029 |
* = Planned end date (current/future missions)
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High-Energy Mission Network
Information on other non high-energy missions is available at the NSSDC.