Solar observations with the Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array
Abstract
The Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array (MSSTA) is a sounding rocket-borne solar observatory which was succesfully launched on May 13, 1991, from the White Sands Missile Range, NM. Ultrahigh resolution, full-disk solar X-ray, EUV, and FUV images were obtained with the MSSTA Herschelian, Cassegrain, and Ritchey-Chretien telescopes. We describe the payload and provide some preliminary scientific results from the flight.
- Publication:
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Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics
- Pub Date:
- January 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1117/12.51232
- Bibcode:
- 1992SPIE.1546..175H
- Keywords:
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- Multispectral Linear Arrays;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Instruments;
- Solar Physics;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- Cassegrain Optics;
- Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Astronomy