Sentence examples for launched to observe from inspiring English sources

Since the 1960s, orbiting observatories have been launched to observe gamma rays (Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope), X-rays (Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton), ultraviolet radiation (International Ultraviolet Explorer and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer), and infrared radiation (Infrared Astronomical Satellite and Spitzer Space Telescope).

The project was launched to observe light in space including near ultraviolet, visible and near infrared spectra light.

Massive public education was launched to caution community to observe strict hygiene practices, avoid crowded areas, and other precautionary measures to prevent and disrupt the disease transmission of SARS.

The Kenyan software company Ushahidi has launched a campaign to observe the upcoming U.S. elections.

The country's main trade unions of the General Labour Federation of Burkina Faso launched a joint appeal "to observe a general strike throughout the national territory against the RSP interference in politics and for a true democracy".

The space observatory, called the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, launched June 13 on a mission to observe high-energy, short-wavelength X-ray light from some of the most dynamic objects in space, such as black holes and supernova remnants.

The SPICE project has received £1.6 million to investigate all aspects of such a technique, and their field test next month is the first of several proposed launches to directly observe the high-altitude delivery mechanism of reflective particles.

Bad weather and problems with an aircraft and a ship needed to observe the launching first prompted NASA on Friday to push back the launching date by a week, to July 15.

The A.P.'s journalists were among the foreign reporters invited to observe the launching.

I returned shortly after my graduation the following year to Kennedy Space Center to observe their launch operations programme.

Coming together as strangers from all walks of life and locations, people share their stories at the service before the flight, then gather to observe the launch.