Advanced missions for X-ray astronomy in the Shuttle ERA
Abstract
During the next decade a number of advanced X-ray astronomy missions can be carried out using the Shuttle. In this paper we describe two such missions. One is the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) which is envisioned as a 'permanent' national X-ray facility. The HEAO-B observatory is a forerunner of the AXAF. The second Shuttle mission which we describe is the LAMAR - Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors - which has been proposed as a survey experiment for Spacelab.
- Publication:
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American Astronautical Society and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- Pub Date:
- March 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978aans.meet.....T
- Keywords:
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- Space Shuttles;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- X Ray Telescopes;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Heao;
- Rocket-Borne Instruments;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- X Ray Imagery;
- Astronomy