Select Past Missions

These are high energy space missions that have data or catalogs at the HEASARC.

• Ariel V - Lifetime: Oct 1974 – Mar 1980, Energy Range: 0.3–40 keV
• ASCA - Lifetime: 1993 – 2001, Energy Range : 0.4–10 keV
    First X-ray mission to combine broad band imaging capability, good spectral resolution, and a large effective area
• BBXRT - Lifetime: Dec 1990, Energy Range: 0.3 – 12 keV, Shuttle-borne instrument
• BeppoSAX - Lifetime: 1996 – 2002, Energy Range: 0.1–300 keV
• BurstCube - Lifetime: Apr – Sep 2024, Energy Range: 50 keV – 1 MeV
• CGRO (Compton Gamma Ray Observatory) - Lifetime: 1991 – 2000, Energy Range: 30 keV – 30 GeV
• Copernicus - Lifetime: Aug 1972 – late 1980, Energy Range: 0.5–10 keV
• COS-B- Lifetime: Aug 1975 – Apr 1982, Energy Range: 2 keV – 5 GeV
• DXS - Lifetime: Jan 1993, Energy Range: 0.15–0.28 keV
• Einstein - Lifetime: Nov 1978 – Apr 1981, Energy Range: 0.2–20 keV
• EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer) - Lifetime: 1992 – 2001, Energy Range : 70–760 Angstroms
• EXOSAT - Lifetime: May 1983 – Apr 1986, Energy Range: 0.05–20 keV
• Ginga - Lifetime: Feb 1987 – Nov 1991, Energy Range: 1–400 keV
• Granat - Lifetime: Dec 1989 – Nov 1998, Energy Range: 2 keV – 100 MeV
• Hakucho - Lifetime: Feb 1979 – Apr 1985, Energy Range: 0.1–100 keV
• HaloSat - Lifetime : Oct 2018 – Jan 2021, Energy range 0.4–7 keV
• HEAO-1 - Lifetime: Aug 1977 – Jan 1979, Energy Range: 0.2–10 keV
• HEAO-3 - Lifetime: Sep 1979 – May 1981, Energy Range: 50 keV – 10 MeV
• HETE-2 - Lifetime: Oct 2000 – Oct 2006, Energy Range: 0.5–400 keV,
    designed to detect and localize gamma-ray bursts
• Hitomi - Lifetime: Feb 2016 – Mar 2016, Energy Range: 0.3–600 keV
• INTEGRAL - Lifetime: Oct 2002 – Feb 2025, Energy Range: 3 keV – 10 MeV
• NICER - Lifetime: Jun 2017 – Jun 2025, Energy Range: 0.2–12 keV
• OSO-7 - Lifetime: Sep 1971 – Jul 1974, Energy Range: 1 keV – 10 MeV
• OSO-8 - Lifetime: Jun 1975 – Sep 1978, Energy Range: 0.15 keV – 1 MeV
• PUEO - Lifetime: Dec 2025 – Jan 2026, Energy Range: ≥10¹⁸ eV
• ROSAT (Roentgen Satellite) - Lifetime: 1990 – 1999, Energy Range: 0.1–2.5 keV
• RXTE - Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. Lifetime: Dec 1995 – Jan 2012, Energy Range: 1.5 – 240 keV
• SAS-2 - Lifetime: Nov 1972 – Jun 1973, Energy Range: 20 Mev – 1 GeV
• SAS-3 - Lifetime: May 1975 – 1979, Energy Range: 0.1–60 keV
• Suzaku - Lifetime: 10 Jul 2005 – 2 Sep 2015, Energy Range:0.2–600 keV
• Tenma - Lifetime: Feb 1983 – late 1984, Energy Range: 0.1–60 keV
• Uhuru - Lifetime: Dec 1970 – Mar 1973, Energy Range: 2–20 keV
• Vela 5B - Lifetime: May 1979 – Jun 1979, Energy Range: 3–750 keV
• WASS rocket - Lifetime: 6 flights between Dec 1972 – Mar 1979, Energy Range: 0.1–6 keV
• XL-Calibur - Lifetime: 2 balloon flights (9–14 Jul 2024; 12–18 Jul 2022), Energy Range: 15–80 keV
• XQC rocket - Lifetime: 6 flights between Dec 1995 – Mar 2013, Energy Range: 0.1–1.1 keV