Spectrum-X-Gamma

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Spektr-RG
Spektr-RG russian X-ray space telescope P1110968.jpg
Spektr-RG
General information
NSSDC ID SPECXGM
Organization Russian Space Research Institute
Major contractors ESA, MPE, LU
Launch date Q1 2014 (planned) [1]
Launched from Baikonur
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2/Fregat
Type of orbit low Earth orbit
Instruments
eROSITA Wolter telescopes by MPE, Germany (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array)
Lobster wide field X-ray monitor developed by Leicester University, UK
ART-XC coded-mask telescopes developed by IKI and VNIIEF, Russia
Website hea.iki.rssi.ru/SRG

Statistics as of 2011-01-23.
References: [2]

Spektr-RG (Russian for Spectrum + Röntgen + Gamma; also called Spectrum-X-Gamma, SRG, SXG) is an international high-energy astrophysics observatory, which is being built under the leadership of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI). Spektr-RG instrumentation includes 5 telescopes spanning the energy range from the far ultraviolet to the hard X-ray, plus an all-sky monitor.

Development of an early version with the same name was canceled in 2002.[3]

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Early Spektr-RG [edit]

Spektr-RG (early)
Spektr-RG (early).png
Artist impression of the early Spektr-RG
General information
Organization Russian Space Research Institute
Launch date (canceled in 2002) [3]
Launched from Baikonur
Launch vehicle Proton
Orbit height 200,000km apogee
Orbit period 4 day
Instruments
JET-X[4] two co-aligned 4.4 m-long X-ray telescopes
TAUVEX Ultraviolet telescope
EUVITA Ultraviolet telescope
MART X-ray telescope with coded-aperture instruments
LEPC/HEPC gaseous position-sensitive proportional counters
SIXA two solid-state Si(Li) detectors
SXRP stellar X-ray polarimeter
MOXE X-ray all-sky monitor
DIOGENE and SPIN spectrometers for measuring gamma-ray bursts
gaseous scintillation proportional counter
SODART[5] high-throughput multi-mirror X-ray twin telescope of 8m focal length with changeable detectors on slides for energies between 0.1 and 20 keV
Bragg spectrometer

Statistics as of 2011-02-04.
References: [6]

Development of an early version of Spektr-RG was started in mid-'90s and was finally canceled in 2002.[3] Initial launch date was set to 1995,[7] but later postponed as far as 2008, until it was finally cancelled in 2002.[3] However, some of the instruments have been completed, e.g., an X-ray telescope by Leicester University (JET-X)[8] and an ultraviolet telescope by Tel-Aviv University (TAUVEX).

Current Spektr-RG [edit]

The successor of the early Spektr-RG was initiated in 2005[2] and is currently in development and scheduled for launch in Q1 2014.[1] The observatory is intended to study interplanetary magnetic field, galaxies, black holes.[9]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Anatoly Zak (2011-01-23). "Spektr-RG". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
  2. ^ a b "Spectrum-RG/eRosita/Lobster mission definition document". Russian Space Research Institute. 2005-10-30. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  3. ^ a b c d Harland, David M.; Harvey, Brian (2007), Space Exploration 2008, シュプリンガー・ジャパン株式会社, p. 96, ISBN 978-0-387-71667-1, retrieved 2011-02-04 
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ Gunter Dirk Krebs. "Spektr-RG (SXG)". Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  7. ^ "Spectrum-X-Gamma". DTU Space. 2000-08-04. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  8. ^ "Leicester's role in Russian satellite programme revealed as UK's largest telescope goes to Science Museum". DTU Space. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  9. ^ "Russia to Restart Science in Space". Russian Federal Space Agency. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 

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