Astronomy Missions Since 1987 Date Mission Nation Program Mass/kg 1987 Feb 5 ASTRO-C (Ginga) Japan XR Medium 300? 1987 Mar 24 SROSS A India GRB Small 150 1987 Mar 31 37KE (Kvant) Russia XR Station module (20600 total) 1989 Aug 8 Hipparcos ESA OPT Ariane class 1140 1989 Nov 18 COBE USA SUBMM Delta Explorer 2206 1989 Dec 1 Granat Russia/France XR Proton class 5000? 1990 Apr 24 HST USA/ESA O/UV Great Observatory 10878 1990 Jun 1 ROSAT Germany/USA XR Delta class 2426 1990 Jul 11 Gamma Russia/France GR Soyuz class 7320 1990 Dec 2 Astro 1/BBXRT USA UV/XR Shuttle attached p/l 11000? 1991 Apr 5 Compton GRO USA GR Great Observatory 15700 1991 Jul 17 SARA France RF Small 26 1992 May 20 SROSS C India GRB Small 106 1992 Jun 7 EUVE USA UV Delta Explorer 3280 1992 Jul 24 DUVE USA UV Small 50? 1992 Jul 31 Eureca/WATCH ESA GRB secondary payload (4491 total) 1993 Jan 13 DXS USA XR Shuttle attached p/l 1191 1993 Feb 20 ASTRO D/ASCA Japan XR Medium 420 1993 Apr 25 Alexis USA XR small 113 1993 Sep 12 ORFEUS Germany EUV SPAS 3150 1993 Dec 2 HST SM-1 USA O/UV Great Observatory 5000? 1994 May 4 SROSS-C2 India GRB Small 113 1994 Nov 1 WIND USA GRB secondary payload (1195 total) 1995 Feb 3 Spartan 204 USA UV Spartan 1100 1995 Mar 2 Astro 2 USA UV Shuttle attached p/l 8000? 1995 Sep 7 IEH-1 USA/Italy UV Shuttle attached p/l 1460 1995 Nov 12 ISO ESA IR Ariane class 2498 1995 Dec 20 Kosmos-2326/Konus-A Russia GRB Secondary payload 137 (Konus) 1995 Dec 30 Rossi XTE USA XR Delta Explorer 2955 1996 Mar 21 IRS-P3 India XR Secondary payload (955 total) 1996 Apr 24 MSX USA IR Medium ? 1996 Apr 30 BeppoSAX Italy XR Delta class 1400 1996 Nov 4 SAC-B Argentina/US XR Small 190 1996 Nov 4 HETE USA XR Small 114 1996 Nov 19 ORFEUS-2 Germany UV SPAS 3150 1997 Feb 11 HST SM-2 USA O/UV Great Observatory 5000? 1997 Feb 12 VSOP/HALCA Japan RF Medium 830 1997 Apr 21 Minisat-01 Spain UV Small 209 1997 Aug 7 IEH-2 USA/Italy UV Shuttle attached p/l 1460 1998 Oct 29 IEH-3 USA/Italy UV Shuttle attached p/l 1460 1998 Dec 6 SWAS USA SUBMM SMEX 282 1999 Feb 23 ARGOS/USA USA XR Secondary payload (2490) 1999 Mar 5 WIRE USA IR SMEX 187 1999 Apr 28 ABRIXAS Germany XR Small 470 1999 Jun 24 FUSE USA UV MIDEX 1130 1999 Jul 23 Chandra USA XR Great Observatory 5563 2000 Feb 10 ASTRO E Japan XR Medium 1650 2000 Oct 9 HETE 2 USA XR Small 124 1991 Aug 30 SOLAR A (Yohkoh) Japan SolX Medium 400?? 1993 Apr 8 Spartan 201 USA SolUV Spartan 1100 1994 Mar 2 Koronas-I Russia SolXUV Medium 2300 1994 Sep 9 Spartan 201 USA SolUV Spartan 1100 1995 Sep 7 Spartan 201 USA SolUV Spartan 1100 1995 Dec 2 SOHO ESA SolUV 1/2 ESA Cornerstone 1800? 1997 Nov 19 Spartan 201 USA SolUV Spartan 1100 1998 Apr 2 TRACE USA SolXUV SMEX 250 1998 Oct 29 Spartan 201 USA SolUV Spartan 1100 Planetary missions, some carry gamma ray burst astronomy experiments. 1988 Jul 7 1F 101 (Fobos-1) Russia Proton class 1989 May 4 Magellan USA Large 1989 Oct 18 Galileo USA Large 1990 Jan 24 Hiten Japan Small 1990 Oct 6 Ulysses ESA Large 1992 Sep 25 Mars Observer USA P. Observer 1994 Jan 25 Clementine USA Small 1996 Feb 17 NEAR USA Discovery 1996 Nov 7 Mars Global Surveyor USA Mars Surveyor 1996 Nov 16 Mars-96 Russia Proton class 1997 Oct 15 Cassini USA Large 1997 Oct 15 Huygens ESA ESA Medium 1998 Jan 7 Lunar Prospector USA Discovery 1998 Jul 3 Nozomi Japan Medium 1998 Oct 24 Deep Space 1 USA New Millenium 1998 Dec 11 Mars Climate Orbiter USA Mars Surveyor 1999 Jan 3 Mars Polar Lander USA Mars Surveyor 1999 Jan 3 Deep Space 2 USA New Millenium 1999 Feb 7 Stardust USA Discovery