Status
Success
FUSE
Launch Time
Thu Jun 24, 1999 15:44 UTC
Thu Jun 24, 1999 15:44 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
FUSE
The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) is a space-based telescope operated by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on 24 June 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins program. FUSE detected light in the far ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, between 90.5-119.5 nanometres, which is mostly unobservable by other telescopes. Its primary mission was to characterize universal deuterium in an effort to learn about the stellar processing times of deuterium left over from the Big Bang.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,360.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1999
36th orbital launch attempt
Delta II
83rd mission
6th mission of 1999
81st successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission