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The Astro-D Mission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Y. Tanaka
Y. Tanaka*
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-ken 229, Japan

Abstract

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Astro-D, the fourth X-ray astronomy mission of ISAS following Ginga, is a high-throughput imaging and spectroscopic X-ray observatory, scheduled for launch in early 1993. It utilizes multilayer conical X-ray mirrors which provide a large effective area over a wide range energy range up to 12 keV. The focal plane instruments comprize a set of CCD cameras and Imaging gas scintillation proportional counters. Main features of Astro-D are described, and the important astrophysical objectives are discussed.

Type
II. Future Missions
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 81 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990

References

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