EURECA

EURECA (for European Retrievable Carrier) was an ESA satellite launched in 1992 and retrieved in 1993 by NASA Space Shuttle missions. It carried a number of experiments, of which some of the astronomy-related were:

• SOVA - Solar Constant and Variability Instrument.
• SOSP - Solar Spectrum Instrument.
• TICCE - Timeband Capture Cell Experiment.
• WATCH - Wide Angle Telescope for Cosmic Hard X-rays.