In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

Masahiro Tsujimoto; Kazuhisa Mitsuda; Richard L. Kelley; Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Thomas G. Bialas; Kevin R. Boyce; Meng P. Chiao; Cor P. de Vries; Michael J. DiPirro; Megan E. Eckart; Yuichiro Ezoe; Ryuichi Fujimoto; Akio Hoshino; Kumi Ishikawa; Yoshitaka Ishisaki; Caroline A. Kilbourne; Shu Koyama; Maurice A. Leutenegger; Candace M Masters; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Hirofumi Noda; Takashi Okajima; Atsushi Okamoto; Frederick S. Porter; Kosuke Sato; Yohichi Sato; Joseph C. Savinell; Makoto Sawada; Hiromi Seta; Peter J. Shirron; Gary A. Sneiderman; Yoh Takei; Toru Tamagawa; Makoto S. Tashiro; Tomomi Watanabe; Shinya Yamada; Noriko Y. Y. Yamasaki; Yoichi Yatsu

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

6 November 2017 In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite

Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard L. Kelley, Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Thomas G. Bialas, Kevin R. Boyce, Meng P. Chiao, Cor P. de Vries, Michael J. DiPirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Candace M Masters, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hirofumi Noda, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Frederick S. Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Joseph C. Savinell, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto S. Tashiro, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Y. Y. Yamasaki, Yoichi Yatsu

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Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 011205 (November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

Abstract

We summarize all of the in-orbit operations of the soft x-ray spectrometer (SXS) onboard the ASTRO-H (Hitomi) satellite. The satellite was launched on February 17, 2016, and the communication with the satellite ceased on March 26, 2016. The SXS was still in the commissioning phase, in which the set-ups were progressively changed. This paper is intended to serve as a concise reference of the events in orbit in order to properly interpret the SXS data taken during its short lifetime and as a test case for planning the in-orbit operation for future microcalorimeter missions.

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Masahiro Tsujimoto, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Richard L. Kelley, Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Thomas G. Bialas, Kevin R. Boyce, Meng P. Chiao, Cor P. de Vries, Michael J. DiPirro, Megan E. Eckart, Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryuichi Fujimoto, Akio Hoshino, Kumi Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Ishisaki, Caroline A. Kilbourne, Shu Koyama, Maurice A. Leutenegger, Candace M Masters, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Hirofumi Noda, Takashi Okajima, Atsushi Okamoto, Frederick S. Porter, Kosuke Sato, Yohichi Sato, Joseph C. Savinell, Makoto Sawada, Hiromi Seta, Peter J. Shirron, Gary A. Sneiderman, Yoh Takei, Toru Tamagawa, Makoto S. Tashiro, Tomomi Watanabe, Shinya Yamada, Noriko Y. Y. Yamasaki, and Yoichi Yatsu "In-orbit operation of the soft x-ray spectrometer onboard the Hitomi satellite," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(1), 011205 (6 November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.011205

Received: 26 May 2017; Accepted: 13 October 2017; Published: 6 November 2017

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