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The batteries and solar panels that provide power to the spacecraft and telescope have a projected lifetime of 12 years and the orbit of GALEX is stable for at least 25 years after launch. Although originally planned as a 29-month mission, the NASA Senior Review Panel in 2006 recommended that the mission lifetime be extended.
