X-ray Astronomy WWW Resources

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X-ray Observatories

• X-ray Astronomy Satellites & Missions

• Operating
  • ALEXIS (Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors)
  • ASCA (The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics; a.k.a ASTRO-D)
  • BeppoSAX (Satellite per Astronomia X)
  • Chandra-AXAF
  • XMM-Newton
  • XTE (X-ray Timing Explorer)
• No longer operating or re-entered
  • UHURU (December 1970 - March 1973; a.k.a SAS-1)
  • HEAO-1 (August 1977 - January 1979)
  • Einstein (November 1978 - April 1981: a.k.a. HEAO-2)
  • TENMA (February 1983 - late 1984; a.k.a ASTRO B)
  • EXOSAT (May 1983 - April 1986)
  • ROSAT (June 1990 - February 1999)
  • BBXRT (December 1990; a.k.a. ASTRO 1)
• Future
  • SXG (Spectrum-X-Gamma)

High Energy Astrophysics Missions (General information)
HEASARC (High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center @ GSFC)
High Energy Astronomy Facilities
Compute H Column Densities
ROSAT Catalog

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