Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
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| Organization | Johns Hopkins University APL, NASA |
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| Wavelength regime | 90–120 nm |
| Orbit height | 773 kg |
| Orbit period | 100.06 minutes |
| Launch | June 24, 1999 on a Delta II |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral |
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| Mission duration | 3 years [1] |
| Mass | 1360 kg (launch), 580 kg (dry) |
| Webpage | http://fuse.pha.jhu.edu/ |
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FUSE, the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer, is a space-based telescope run by the Johns Hopkins University. FUSE was launched on a Delta II rocket on June 24 1999, as a part of NASA's Origins project.
FUSE looks at light in the far ultraviolet portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, between 90 to 120 nanometers, which is unobservable with other telescopes. Its primary mission is to characterize universal deuterium, in an effort to learn about the stellar processing times of the deuterium left over from the Big Bang.
The telescope uses silicon carbide and lithium fluoride (over aluminum) to reflect far-UV light.
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External links
- FUSE Homepage at Johns Hopkins University
- FUSE French Website at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
- NASA mission dataTemplate:Observatory-stub
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