Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer represented the next generation, high-orbit, ultraviolet space observatory covering the wavelength range of 90.5–119.5 nanometre of the NASA operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics... Wikipedia
Launch date: June 24, 1999
Perigee altitude: 752 km (467 mi)
Power: 520 watts
COSPAR ID: 1999-035A
Last contact: 18 October 2007
Launch mass: 1,400 kg (3,100 lb)
Mission duration: 3.5 years (planned); 8 years, 3 months, 23 days (achieved)