List of space telescopes

Columns: Name | Space Agency | Launch Date | Terminated | Observing Location
OAO-2 ( Stargazer ) | NASA | 7 Dec 1968 | Jan 1973 | Earth orbit ( 749-758 km ) | Orion 1 and Orion 2 Space Observatories | USSR | 19 Apr 1971 ( Orion 1 ) ; ( Orion 2 ) 18 Dec 1973 | 1971 ; 1973 | Earth orbit ( Orion 1 : 200-222 km ; Orion 2 : 188-247 km ) | Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph ( UVC ) | NASA | 16 Apr 1972 | 23 Apr 1972 | Descartes Highlands on lunar surface | OAO-3 Copernicus | NASA | 21 Aug 1972 | Feb 1981 | Earth orbit ( 713-724 km ) | Astronomical Netherlands Satellite ( ANS ) | SRON | 30 Aug 1974 | Jun 1976 | Earth orbit ( 266-1176 km ) | International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE ) | ESA & NASA & SERC | 26 Jan 1978 | 30 Sep 1996 | Earth orbit ( 32,050-52,254 km ) | Astron | IKI | 23 Mar 1983 | Jun 1989 | Earth orbit ( 2,000-200,000 km )

Example questions:
How many scientists are on the staff of the space agency with a space telescope project that was headed by Alexandr Boyarchuk ? | In what year was the space agency that had a telescope that compiled an all-sky survey of 801 astronomical targets founded ? | How many months was the mission for a space telescope from the space agency whose former name was Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland ? | How many time zones did a country that had a space telescope that conducted ultraviolet spectroscopy of stars in the 1970s span ?

Answers:
289 | 1958 | 20 | 11