Equipment for measuring X-ray emission of extraterrestrial sources.
Abstract
Equipment for measuring X-ray emission of extraterrestrial sources in the range from 0.2 to 10 keV is described. This equipment has been installed on board the manned orbiting station Salyut-4. The equipment consists of three detectors with a total area of 450 sq cm for the energy range from 2 to 10 keV, and one detector with an effective area of 40 sq cm for the range 0.2 to 2 keV. Gas flow proportional counters are used as the detectors. A gas flow system supplies a gas mixture for the counters. To determine source coordinates, two star sensors are installed. In addition, the equipment includes a power supply and the instrument electronics. The X-ray detectors, all optical sensors and the gas flow system are mounted on the outside of the station while the power supply and electronics are inside.
- Publication:
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Space Science Instrumentation
- Pub Date:
- November 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977SSI.....3..311B
- Keywords:
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- Extraterrestrial Radiation;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Salyut Space Station;
- X Ray Density Measurement;
- X Ray Sources;
- Calibrating;
- Collimators;
- Gas Flow;
- Optical Measuring Instruments;
- X Ray Spectroscopy;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- Energy Spectra:X-Ray Sources;
- Proportional Counters:X Rays