Space Telescopes in Orbit
List of current and planned telescope observatories orbiting in space.
LEO = Low earth orbit
HHEO = Highly-eccentric earth orbit
L1/L2 = Lagrange point
Also see the 2021-2029 Space Launches.
- Name
- Orbit
- Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)
- L1 point
- ATHENA (2030s)
- L2 point
- CHEOPS
- heliosynchronous
- Euclid Telescope (2022)
- L2 point
- Hinode
- sun-synchronous
- HXMT Telescope
- LEO
- ILO-1 (2022-2023)
- lunar S pole
- INTEGRAL
- HEEO
- IXPE (2021)
- LEO
- James Webb Telescope (2021)
- L2 point
- LISA (2034)
- heliocentric
- Nancy Roman Space Telescope (2025)
- L2 point
- NuSTAR
- geocentric
- PLATO (2026)
- L2
- SOFIA Telescope
- airborne
- Spektr-RG
- L2 point
- XMM-Newton
- HEEO