Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2005
There are dozen instruments successfully operating aboard the solar satellite CORONAS-F, which was launched in the summer of 2001. Among them are two (Polish-led) Bragg crystal spectrometers – RESIK and Diogeness – recording solar flare and active region spectra. A short description of the CORONAS-F satellite operation is presented together with that of the two Polish spectrometers, stressing their unique characteristics. The average spectra have been derived and shown here, covering the wavelength range between 3 Å and 7 Å. Future steps in the analysis of the large database collected are outlined.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html