FUSE

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FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) was a NASA space telescope mission dedicated to high-resolution spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, used to study interstellar and intergalactic matter, stellar atmospheres, and the interstellar medium.

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instanceOf NASA space mission ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
abbreviation FUSE ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataArchive Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes ⓘ
decommissionDate 2007-10-18 ⓘ
detectorType microchannel plate detectors ⓘ
focalLength 2245 mm ⓘ
fullName Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer ⓘ
fundingAgency NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
inclination 25.0 degrees ⓘ
launchDate 1999-06-24 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Space Launch Complex 17A ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta II 7320-10 ⓘ
linked to: Delta II
massAtLaunch ~1300 kg ⓘ
mirrorType off-axis parabolic mirrors ⓘ
missionEnd 2007-10-18 ⓘ
missionStart 1999-06-24 ⓘ
missionType astrophysics observatory ⓘ
notableResult constraints on the baryonic content of the low-redshift universe ⓘ
measurements of deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio in the interstellar medium ⓘ
studies of O VI absorption tracing hot gas ⓘ
numberOfTelescopes 4 ⓘ
observatoryLocation space ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitalPeriod ~99 minutes ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
power ~750 W ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 35 cm ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal high-resolution spectroscopy in the far-ultraviolet ⓘ
program NASA Origins program ⓘ
scienceOperationsCenter Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spectralResolution R≈20,000 ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
studies active galactic nuclei ⓘ
hot gas in the Galactic halo ⓘ
intergalactic medium ⓘ
interstellar gas ⓘ
interstellar medium ⓘ
molecular hydrogen in space ⓘ
stellar atmospheres ⓘ
white dwarfs ⓘ
successorInWavelengthCoverage Hubble Space Telescope Cosmic Origins Spectrograph ⓘ
telescopeType Rowland-circle spectrograph ⓘ
wavelengthRange 90.5–119.5 nanometres ⓘ

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MAST → supportsMission → FUSE ⓘ
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer → abbreviation → FUSE ⓘ
subject linked to: FUSE