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Oct 2002

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4533. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Space Missions, Astrophysical Missions

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Launched on 23 July 1999 on board the SpaceShuttle Columbia from Cape Canaveral, the ChandraX-ray Observatory is the first x-ray astronomytelescope to match the 1/2 arcsecond imagingpower and the 0.1% spectral resolving power ofoptical telescopes. Chandra is named afterSubramanian Chandrasekhar, known as Chandra, andauthor of the Chandrasekhar limit. Chandra hasbeen extremely successful and produc...

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