UVEX
NASA’s UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) is a planned Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission that will survey the ultraviolet sky, rapidly follow gravitational-wave sources, and study stellar explosions and massive stars.
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- UltraViolet EXplorerUVEX Mission
- Name
- UVEX
- Status
- planned
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- Description
- NASA’s UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) is a planned Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission that will survey the ultraviolet sky, rapidly follow gravitational-wave sources, and study stellar explosions and massive stars.
- Destination
- Elliptical geocentric orbit (17 × 59 Earth radii; 13.7-day period) for all-sky far- and near-ultraviolet surveys and rapid transient follow-up
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 19:27:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:03:11 UTC
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