ORFEUS: A 1m-EUV/FUV-telescope on the space platform ASTROSPAS
Abstract
The ORFEUS 1m telescope for spectroscopic investigations of cosmic sources in the far and extreme ultraviolet spectral range is presented. Scientific objects of a short lived mission on the free flying platform ASTROSPAS are outlined. The design characteristics of the telescope and its properties are described.
- Publication:
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ESA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- June 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988ESASP.281b.333K
- Keywords:
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- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- Ultraviolet Astronomy;
- Ultraviolet Spectra;
- Ultraviolet Telescopes;
- Shuttle Pallet Satellites;
- Ultraviolet Spectrometers;
- Astronomy;
- SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY;
- ULTRAVIOLET ASTRONOMY;
- ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA;
- ULTRAVIOLET TELESCOPES;
- SHUTTLE PALLET SATELLITES;
- ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS