Astron
Astron was a joint Soviet-French UV and X-ray astrophysics mission launched on 23 March 1983 into a highly elliptical Earth orbit. The observatory provided long observing intervals beyond the Earth’s radiation belts and shadow.
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- A-1 AstronAstron observatory1983-020
- Name
- Astron
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Astron was a joint Soviet-French UV and X-ray astrophysics mission launched on 23 March 1983 into a highly elliptical Earth orbit. The observatory provided long observing intervals beyond the Earth’s radiation belts and shadow.
- Destination
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
- Outcome
- Astron operated until June 1989, well beyond its expected one-year lifetime, and produced UV/X-ray observations including studies of Her X-1, sources in Orion, Taurus, and Leo, and accretion from red giants onto neutron stars.
- Start Date
- 1983-03-23
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 18:47:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 18:47:57 UTC
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