List of space telescopes
Infrared and Submillimetre
Columns: Name | Space Agency | Launch Date | Terminated | Location
AKARI | JAXA | 21 February 2006 | 24 November 2011 | Earth orbit (586.47–610.44km) | Herschel Space Observatory | ESA & NASA | 14 May 2009 | 29 April 2013 | Sun - Earth L 2 Lagrange point | IRAS | NASA | 25 January 1983 | 21 November 1983 | Earth orbit (889–903km) | Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) | ESA | 17 November 1995 | 16 May 1998 | Earth orbit (1000–70500km) | Infrared Telescope in Space | ISAS & NASDA | 18 March 1995 | 25 April 1995 | Earth orbit (486km) | Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) | USN | 24 April 1996 | 26 February 1997 | Earth orbit (900km) | Spitzer Space Telescope | NASA | 25 August 2003 | — | Solar orbit (0.98–1.02 AU ) | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) | NASA | 6 December 1998 | Last used in 2005 | Earth orbit (638–651km) | Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE) | NASA | 5 March 1999 | no observations | Re-entered May 10, 2011 | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) | NASA | 14 December 2009 | Feb 2011 | Earth orbit (500km)