Q: What is NuSTAR’s primary mission?

A: NuSTAR focuses on high-energy X-ray astronomy, studying black holes, neutron stars, and supernova remnants to understand extreme cosmic processes ([source](https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/)).

Q: How does NuSTAR differ from other X-ray telescopes?

A: Unlike earlier telescopes, NuSTAR is the first to focus high-energy X-rays (3–79 keV) with high resolution, enabling sharper images of cosmic phenomena ([source](https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/explorer_nustar.htm)).

A: It was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman), with contributions from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and international partners ([source](https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/nustar)).

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array

NASA X-ray space observatory

Vehicle Space Telescope Q163922

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: space telescope
Field of work: X-ray astronomy^[2]
Country: United States^[3]
Follows: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Interstellar Boundary Explorer^[5]^[6]
Followed by: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph^[7]
Official website: www.nustar.caltech.edu, www.nasa.gov^[21]^[22]
Part of: Small Explorer program^[13]
Has part(s): X-ray telescope^[17]
Launch contractor: Orbital Sciences Corporation^[23]
Manufacturer: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Alliant Techsystems, Columbia University, Goddard Space Flight Center, Technical University of Denmark^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Mass: +360^[25]
Operator: University of California, Berkeley^[4]
Powered by: spacecraft solar array^[15]
Principal investigator: Fiona A. Harrison^[27]
Service life: +1^[26]
Significant event: rocket launch^[20]
Social media followers: 15k (15k–16k, n=4)^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Space launch vehicle: Pegasus^[14]
Spacecraft bus: LEOStar-2^[19]
Start point: Stargazer^[24]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[16]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: June 13, 2012^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 9

Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: nustar
COSPAR ID: 2012-031A
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): 2ESsbi
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 507431
Freebase ID: /m/05d978
NSSDCA ID: 2012-031A
SCN: 38358
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "38358"]
X (Twitter) username: NASANuSTAR

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🔗 Connections

Manufacturer 5

Columbia University, Goddard Space Flight Center, Technical University of Denmark, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Alliant Techsystems

Follows 2

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Preceded by (successor) 2

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Country 1

United States

Field of work 1

X-ray astronomy

Followed by 1

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph

Has part(s) 1

X-ray telescope

Instance of 1

space telescope

Launch contractor 1

Orbital Sciences Corporation

Operator 1

University of California, Berkeley

Part of 1

Small Explorer program

spacecraft solar array

Principal investigator 1

Fiona A. Harrison

Significant event 1

rocket launch

Space launch vehicle 1

Pegasus

Spacecraft bus 1

Star Bus

Start point 1

Stargazer

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

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Summary

Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is a space telescope^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — country (P17): United States. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — field of work (P101): X-ray astronomy. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — operator (P137): University of California, Berkeley. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — follows (P155): Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — follows (P155): Interstellar Boundary Explorer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — followed by (P156): Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — manufacturer (P176): Orbital Sciences Corporation. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — manufacturer (P176): Alliant Techsystems. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — manufacturer (P176): Columbia University. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — manufacturer (P176): Goddard Space Flight Center. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — manufacturer (P176): Technical University of Denmark. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — part of (P361): Small Explorer program. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — space launch vehicle (P375): Pegasus. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — powered by (P516): spacecraft solar array. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — has part(s) (P527): X-ray telescope. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): June 13, 2012. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — spacecraft bus (P707): LEOStar-2. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — official website (P856): https://www.nustar.caltech.edu/. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — official website (P856): https://www.nasa.gov/nustar. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — launch contractor (P1079): Orbital Sciences Corporation. nustar.caltech.edu. nustar.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — start point (P1427): Stargazer. eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — mass (P2067): 360 kg. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — service life (P5069): 1 years. space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — principal investigator (P8329): Fiona A. Harrison. jpl.nasa.gov. jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — social media followers (P8687): 16,243. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — social media followers (P8687): 16,436. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — social media followers (P8687): 15,676. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array — social media followers (P8687): 15,219. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is an instance of space telescope (Q148578) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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12d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID → nustar

"Created claim: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: nustar, Matched to #mix'n'match NuSTAR (#83554469) for Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID"
27d ago · Huntster · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Spacecraft bus → LEOStar-2

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Image → NuSTAR spacecraft model.png

Logo image → NuSTAR mission logo.png

Significant event → rocket launch

Has part(s) → X-ray telescope

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