Large UV Optical Infrared Surveyor

The Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) is a proposed space observatory that would be located at the Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 point. LUVOIR is one of the concept telescopes proposed for the Decadal Survery Concept Study started in Jan 2016. It is planned on a mirror size of from 8m up to a possible 18m diameter, and covering wavelengths from around 0.1 microns (ultra violet) to 5 (mid-infrared).

Overview

LUVOIR would be equipped with an internal coronagraph, a disk that blocks light from the central star, and would have the option to make use of an external starshade. It would also have a range of high dynamic range sensors that work in the UV, optical and infrared.

It's four main goals are to investigate astrophysics, exoplanets, cosmic origins and the solar system.

External links

LUVOIR web site at NASA

Space observatories

Operating	AGILE AMS-02 Astrosat CALET Chandra (AXAF) DAMPE Fermi Gaia Hinode (Solar-B) HiRISE Hisaki (SPRINT-A) Hubble INTEGRAL IBEX IRIS Kepler LISA Pathfinder MAXI Mikhailo Lomonosov MOST NEOSSat NuSTAR Odin PAMELA R/HESSI SDO SOHO SOLAR Spektr-R Spitzer Swift TUGSAT-1 & UniBRITE-1 WISE XMM-Newton

Planned	HXMT (2017) ISS-CREAM (2017) NICER (2017) CHEOPS (2017) Nano-JASMINE (2017) Spektr-RG (2017) TESS (2017) James Webb (JWST) (2018) Solar Orbiter (SolO) (2018) K-EUSO (2019) iWF-MAXI (2019) Public Telescope (PST) (2019) Astro-1 Telescope (2020) Euclid (2020) Spektr-UV (2021) SVOM (2021) Space Solar Telescope Xuntian (2022) Solar-C (2023) PLATO (2024) Spektr-M (2025) ATHENA (2028) eLISA (2034)

Proposed	ATLAST Astro-H Succesor DIOS EXCEDE Fresnel Imager FINESSE FOCAL HDST Hypertelescope LiteBIRD LUVOIR NEOCam New Worlds Mission NRO donation to NASA Small-JASMINE Sentinel Solar-D SPICA THEIA WFIRST EUSO

Retired	Akari (Astro-F) (2006–11) ALEXIS (1993–2005) ATM (1973–74) ASCA (Astro-D) (1993–2000) Astro-1 (BBXRT HUT) (1990) Astro-2 (HUT) (1995) Astron (1983–89) ANS (1974–76) BeppoSAX (1996–2003) CHIPSat (2003–08) Compton (CGRO) (1991–2000) COROT (2006–13) Cos-B (1975–82) COBE (1989–93) EPOCh (2008) EPOXI (2010) EXOSAT (1983–86) EUVE (1992–2001) FUSE (1999–2007) Kvant-1 (1987–2001) GALEX (2003–13) Gamma (1990–92) Ginga (Astro-C) (1987–91) Granat (1989–98) Hakucho (CORSA-ｂ) (1979–85) HALCA (MUSES-B) (1997–2005) HEAO-1 (1977–79) Herschel (2009–13) Hinotori (Astro-A) (1981–91) HEAO-2 (Einstein Obs.) (1978–82) HEAO-3 (1979–81) HETE-2 (2000–07?) Hipparcos (1989–93) IUE (1978–96) IRAS (1983) IRTS (1995–96) ISO (1996–98) IXAE (1996–2004) Kristall (1990–2001) LEGRI (1997–2002) MSX (1996–97) OAO-2 (1968–73) OAO-3 (Copernicus) (1972–81) Orion 1/2 (1971/1973) Planck (2009–13) RELIKT-1 (1983–84) ROSAT (1990–99) RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–73) SAS-C (1975–79) Suzaku (Astro-EII) (2005–15) Taiyo (SRATS) (1975-80) Tenma (Astro-B) (1983–1985) Uhuru (1970–73) WMAP (2001–10) WISE (first mission: 2009–11) Yokoh (Solar-A) (1991–2001)

Hibernating (Mission completed)	SWAS (1998–2005) TRACE (1998–2010)

Lost	OAO-1/OAO-B (1966/1970) CORSA (1976) ABRIXAS (1999) HETE (1996) WIRE (1999) Astro-E (2000) Hitomi (Astro-H) (2016)

Cancelled	Astro-G Constellation-X Darwin Destiny EChO Eddington FAME GEMS IXO JDEM LOFT SIM & SIMlite SNAP TAUVEX TPF XEUS

See also	Great Observatories program List of space telescopes List of proposed space observatories

Category

Exoplanet search projects

Ground-based

Space missions

Past and current	MOST (2003–present) SWEEPS (2006) COROT (2006–13) EPOXI (2008–13) Kepler (2009–present) KOI exoplanets Gaia (2013–present)

Planned	CHEOPS (2017) TESS (2017) James Webb Space Telescope (2018) PLATO (2024) WFIRST (mid-2020s)

Proposed	ATLAST EXCEDE FINESSE New Worlds Mission PEGASE

Cancelled	Darwin EChO Eddington Space Interferometry Mission Terrestrial Planet Finder

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