Astro-E2 mission

Kazuhisa Mitsuda; Hideyo Kunieda; Hajime Inoue; Richard Kelley

doi:10.1117/12.562697

11 October 2004 Astro-E2 mission

Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyo Kunieda, Hajime Inoue, Richard Kelley

Proceedings Volume 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562697
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

Astro-E2 will be the fifth in a series of X-ray observatory of Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and is being developed by international collaboration lead by ISAS/JAXA and NASA. The main features of the mission are high-sensitivity broadband and high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy. The spacecraft, the scientific payloads, and expected in-orbit performance and science output are described with emphasis on the high resolution X-ray spectrometer, XRS.

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Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Hideyo Kunieda, Hajime Inoue, and Richard Kelley "Astro-E2 mission", Proc. SPIE 5488, UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems, (11 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.562697

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