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Mar 1981

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(European Space Agency, ESLAB Symposium on X-ray Astronomy, 15th, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 22-26, 1981.) Space Science Revie

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

147

European Space Programs, Exosat Satellite, Mission Planning, Satellite Design, Spaceborne Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Astronomical Maps, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Broadband, Data Processing, Data Transmission, Lunar Occultation, Periodic Variations, Scintillation Counters, Systems Engineering, X Ray Spectroscopy, X Ray Telescopes

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The Exosat (European X-ray Observatory Satellite) mission is discussed with reference to its objectives, satellite characteristics and operational modes, satellite instrumentation, and observatory capability, operations, and planning. The following mission objectives are mentioned: the precise location of sources; the mapping of diffuse, extended sources; the broad-band spectroscopy of sources; the dispersive spectroscopy of pointlike sources; the study of the time variability of sources; and the detection of new sources in medium or deep surveys or in error-box searches.

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