Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) on the International Space Station
Abstract
The fabrication of Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) fully starts in the summer of 2006. MAXI is transported to the International Space Station (ISS) on a space shuttle or a Japanese H-IIB rocket in 2008 or later. Whichever launcher is selected, MAXI needs its platform, the Japan Experiment Module (JEM) Kibo, first on the ISS. To place the JEM Kibo in orbit, we need at least two shuttle flights. Although the schedule of shuttle flights is still in flux, we aim to finish the integration and testing of the MAXI flight hardware by the spring of 2008. MAXI will monitor the whole sky in X-rays for more than two years. In this article, I describe MAXI and its background for non-specialists.
- Publication:
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Astronomical Herald
- Pub Date:
- August 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006AstHe..99..441U
- Keywords:
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- ISS;
- MAXI