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GALEX
(The Galaxy Evolution Explorer)
Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla.
*Launch Date: no earlier than April 26, 2003
*Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. EST
*Subject to change up to the date/time of launch

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GALEX, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, is a NASA Ultraviolet imaging and spectroscopic survey mission designed to map the global history and probe the cause of star formation and its evolution over the redshift range 0<z<2.

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