Category:GALEX

**Galaxy Evolution Explorer**
	NASA ultraviolet space telescope
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Instance of	space telescope;
Part of	Explorers Program (83); Small Explorer program (7);
Operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences Corporation;
Space launch vehicle	Pegasus;
UTC date of spacecraft launch	28 April 2003;
Type of orbit	low Earth orbit;
Service retirement	28 June 2013;
Significant event	rocket launch (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 12:00, 2003); service retirement (19:09, 2013);
Nominal power capacity	290 watt;
Mass	280 kg (takeoff);
Length	2 m;
Height	2.7 m;
Follows	Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (Explorers Program, 82); Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (Small Explorer program, 6);
Followed by	Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (Explorers Program, 84); Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (Small Explorer program, 9);
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