The high-flying KVANT module

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Dec 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987s%26t....74..599b&link_type=abstract

Sky and Telescope (ISSN 0037-6604), vol. 74, Dec. 1987, p. 599-601.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Mir Space Station, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spacecraft Modules, Ultraviolet Telescopes, X Ray Telescopes

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The detection of X-rays from Supernova 1987A by instruments aboard the Soviet Kvant spacecraft is discussed. The Kvant module is 19 feet long and 13.6 feet across at its widest. On board are four telescopes for X-ray detection (TTM, gas-scintillation proportional counter, high-energy X-ray experiment, and Pulsar X-1) collectively weighing about 1,800 lbs. It is noted that observations are usually limited to the 20-min periods when Mir is over the equatorial region.

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