2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/10708I present an up-to-date description of the TAUVEX UV imager, constructed to operate on the Spectrum X-Gamma international space observatory. The projected performance and the expected scientific yield of TAUVEX are described.4 pages, plain LaTex, invited contribution for the 7-th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting of the IAU (August 19-23 1996 in Pusan, Korea), to be published in the Journal of the Korean Astronomical SocietyAstrophysicstext