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   Great Observatories program

   In the meantime, in 1978, NASA launched the first imaging X-ray telescope, Einstein (HEAO-2), into orbit. ... Another large, high-energy observatory is INTEGRAL, Europe's INTErnational Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, launched in 2002.
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   Hubble Space Telescope

   An orbiting solar telescope was launched in 1962 by the United Kingdom as part of the Ariel space program, and in 1966 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the first Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) mission. ... Great Observatories program
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   Mars

   Following the 1992 failure of the Mars Observer orbiter, NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor in 1996. ... Influenced by the observations, the orientalist Percival Lowell founded an observatory which had a 300 and 450 mm telescope.
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   Lyman Spitzer

   Spitzer chaired the committee, and overcame the objections of astronomers who were concerned that the cost would reduce support for traditional observatories. ... In 1968, NASA launched the highly successful Orbiting Astronomical Observatory.
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   Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17

   It was first built in 1956 for the Thor ballistic missile program, but later was used to launch probes to the Moon and planets, solar observatories and weather satellites. ... The first stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket, which launched NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO), is lifted into a vertical position for installation into the mobile service tower at Pad 17B Launch site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Location 28.446704°N
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   Chandra X-ray Observatory

   Chandra Observatory is the third of NASA's four Great Observatories. ... At 22753 kg, it was the heaviest payload ever launched by the shuttle, a consequence of the two-stage Inertial Upper Stage booster rocket system needed to transport the spacecraft to its high orbit.
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   Space observatory

   NASA's Great Observatories ... COROT space telescope, a French Space Agency/ESA observatory that was launched in December 2006.
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   Orbiting Astronomical Observatory

   The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO) satellites were a series of four space observatories launched by NASA between 1966 and 1972, which provided the first high-quality observations of many objects in ultraviolet light.
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   Orbiting Carbon Observatory

   The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) is a new Earth-orbiting NASA satellite mission that will provide global space-based observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal human-caused driver of climate change. ... It will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on a dedicated Taurus XL rocket.
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    NASA

    The New Horizons mission to Pluto was launched in 2006 and will fly by Pluto in 2015. ... ↑ NASA (2005).

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• Great Observatories program,
• Hubble Space Telescope,
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• Lyman Spitzer,
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17,
• Chandra X-ray Observatory,
• Space observatory,
• Orbiting Astronomical Observatory,
• Orbiting Carbon Observatory,
• NASA