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96 satellites and probes

Spacecraft	Launch	Operator	Launch vehicle
Transition Region and Coronal Explorer	April 2, 1998	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Pegasus-XL
CRISTA-SPAS II	August 7, 1997	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, German Space Agency	Space Shuttle
HALCA	February 12, 1997	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science	M-V
ORFEUS-SPAS II	November 19, 1996	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, German Space Agency	Space Shuttle
BeppoSAX	April 30, 1996	Italian Space Agency	Atlas I
Midcourse Space Experiment	April 24, 1996	—	Delta II
OSL	January 1, 1996	—	Delta II
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer	December 30, 1995	—	Delta II
CRISTA-SPAS I	November 3, 1994	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, German Space Agency	Space Shuttle
CORONAS-I	March 2, 1994	Roscosmos State Corporation	Tsyklon-3
ORFEUS-SPAS I	September 12, 1993	National Aeronautics and Space Administration, German Space Agency	Space Shuttle
Array of Low-Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors	April 25, 1993	Los Alamos National Laboratory	Pegasus
Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer	July 3, 1992	—	Scout G-1
Yohkoh	August 30, 1991	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science	M-3S2
SARA	July 17, 1991	—	Ariane 40
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory	April 5, 1991	Goddard Space Flight Center	Space Shuttle
Solar Optical Telescope	March 1, 1991	—	—
Hubble Space Telescope	April 24, 1990	Goddard Space Flight Center, Space Telescope Science Institute	Space Shuttle
Hipparcos	August 8, 1989	European Space Agency	Ariane 44LP
Ginga	February 5, 1987	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science	M-3S2
Spacelab 2 X-ray Telescope	July 29, 1985	—	Space Shuttle
EXOSAT	May 26, 1983	European Space Agency	Delta 3000
Tenma	February 20, 1983	—	M-3S
IRAS	January 26, 1983	—	Delta 3000
Hinotori	February 21, 1981	Institute of Space and Astronautical Science	M-3S
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 3	September 20, 1979	—	Atlas-Centaur
Hakucho	February 21, 1979	—	M-3C
Kosmos 1066	December 23, 1978	—	Vostok-2M
Einstein Observatory	November 13, 1978	—	Atlas-Centaur
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1	August 12, 1977	—	Atlas-Centaur
COS-B	August 9, 1975	European Space Research Organisation	Delta 2000
Small Astronomy Satellite 3	May 7, 1975	—	Scout F
Astronomical Netherland Satellite	August 30, 1974	Space Research Organisation Netherlands	Scout D-1
Small Astronomy Satellite 2	November 15, 1972	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Scout D-1
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3	August 21, 1972	Goddard Space Flight Center	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
TD-1A	March 12, 1972	—	Delta N
Uhuru	December 12, 1970	—	Scout B
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory B	November 30, 1970	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2	December 7, 1968	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Atlas SLV-3C Centaur-D
Kosmos 215	April 18, 1968	—	Kosmos-2I
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory	April 8, 1966	National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Atlas SLV-3B Agena-D
Explorer 11	April 27, 1961	—	Juno II
LUVOIR-A	2039	—	—
LUVOIR-B	2039	—	—
Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics	2035	European Space Agency	Ariane 6
Carl Sagan Observatory	2034	—	—
ARIEL	2031	—	—
World Space Observatory	2025	NPO Lavochkin	Angara-A5