Observatories

Observatories in Space

Astronomical observatories orbiting in space. LEO=Low Earth Orbit; HHEO=Highly-Eccentric Earth Orbit; L=Lagrange point.

1. Name
2. Orbit

1. Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
2. L1 point

1. Chandra X-ray Observatory
2. HEEO

1. COROT
2. Polar orbit

1. Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

1. Herschel Space Observatory
2. L2 point

1. Hinode
2. LEO

1. Hubble Space Telescope
2. LEO

1. INTEGRAL
2. HEEO

1. James Webb Space Telescope
2. L2 point

1. Kepler Space Observatory
2. Heliocentric orbit

1. Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope

1. Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
2. L1 point

1. Solar Space Telescope
2. SSO

1. Space Hard X-Ray Modulation Telescope
2. LEO

1. Spitzer Space Telescope
2. Heliocentric orbit

1. Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy

1. Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
2. LEO

1. Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
2. HEEO

1. XMM-Newton
2. HEEO

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