The International Ultraviolet Explorer, run jointly by NASA, ESA and the United Kingdom. Planned for three years, it worked for nearly nineteen and was the first space telescope astronomers could operate in real time.
Milestones
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Launch26 Jan 1978Observing begins3 Apr 1978Switched off30 Sept 1996
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