ROSAT (Röntgen Satellite)

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Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002eaa..booke4743t&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4743. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Space Missions, Astrophysical Missions

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The German-US-UK x-ray observatory ROSAT was launched into a 550 km circular orbit in June 1990. It carried two imaging telescopes operating in the soft x-ray (0.1-2.4 keV) and extreme UV (EUV) (006-0.2 keV) ranges. The x-ray telescope consisted of four nested Wolter type-I mirrors. The manufacturing of the x-ray mirrors—the largest and most accurate ones at that time—pioneered the use of Zerodur ...

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