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ROSAT

ROSAT (short for Röntgensatellit; in German X-rays are called Röntgenstrahlen, in honour of Wilhelm Röntgen) was a German Aerospace Center-led satellite X-ray telescope, with instruments built by West Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was launched on 1 June 1990, on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on what was initially…

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Apogee altitude
580 km (360 mi)
COSPAR ID
1990-049A
Deactivated
12 February 1999
Decay date
23:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC) (2011-10-23T23:00:00Z)
Diameter
84 centimetres (33 in)
Eccentricity
0

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ROSAT

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Edges46
Triples131
Avg. degree1.96
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Components1

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ROSAT

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related to overview · 22
ROSAT → British X-ray, British-supplied, Counters, Electronvolts, German, German Position Sensitive Proportional, German-built, HRI, In, PSPC, The, The Roentgensatellit, The X-ray, The XRT, US-supplied High Resolution Imager, WFC, Wide Field Camera, Wolter, X-ray Telescope, X-rays
related to External links · 21
ROSAT → Archived, Astronomy, August, Catalog, Centre, Department, German Aerospace Center DLR, January, Leicester, Max-Planck-Institut, MPE, November, Physics, Physik, Retrieved, ROSAT Development, The ROSAT Mission, Twitter, UK ROSAT Guest Observer, University
related to Allegations of cyber-attacks causing the failure · 17
ROSAT → Even, Goddard, Goddard Space Flight Center, GSFC Rosat Project Scientist, However, In, NASA, Operational, Rob Petre, ROSAT's, Russia, Talleur's, The, This, Thomas Talleur, Without, X-ray Astrophysics Section
related to Position Sensitive Proportional Counters (two) (PSPC) · 17
ROSAT → After, All-Sky Survey, AMCS, Each, Each PSPC, January, Position Sensitive Proportional Counters, PSPC, PSPC-A, PSPC-B, PSPC-C, PSPC-D, PSPCs, The, There, Two, X-ray
related to Re-entry · 12
ROSAT → Bay, Bengal, Due, Earth, Earth's, In, India, October, On, September, There, UTC
related to End of operations · 7
ROSAT → April, February, For, On, Originally, Wide Field Camera, X-ray Telescope
related to Launch · 6
ROSAT → Challenger, Delta, Earth, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, This
related to Catalogues · 3
ROSAT → First ROSAT X-ray Survey, ROSAT X-ray Survey, X-ray
Apogee altitude · 1
ROSAT → 580 km (360 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
ROSAT → 1990-049A

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ROSATApogee altitude580 km (360 mi)1.00infobox
ROSATCOSPAR ID1990-049A1.00infobox
ROSATDeactivated12 February 19991.00infobox
ROSATDecay date23:00, 23 October 2011 (UTC) (2011-10-23T23:00:00Z)1.00infobox
ROSATDiameter84 centimetres (33 in)1.00infobox
ROSATEccentricity01.00infobox
ROSATEpoch1990-06-011.00infobox
ROSATFocal length240 centimetres (94 in)1.00infobox
ROSATInclination53°1.00infobox
ROSATLaunch date21:48, 1 June 1990 (UTC) (1990-06-01T21:48:00Z)1.00infobox
ROSATLaunch mass2,421 kilograms (5,337 lb)1.00infobox
ROSATLaunch siteCape Canaveral LC-17A1.00infobox
ROSATMission duration8 years and 8 months1.00infobox
ROSATMission typeSpace Telescope1.00infobox
ROSATNamesROSAT1.00infobox
ROSATOperatorDLR / NASA1.00infobox
ROSATPerigee altitude580 km (360 mi)1.00infobox
ROSATPeriod96 min1.00infobox
ROSATReference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
ROSATResolution5 arc-s at half energy width1.00infobox
ROSATRocketDelta II 6920-101.00infobox
ROSATSATCAT no.206381.00infobox
ROSATTypeWolter I1.00infobox
ROSATWavelengths30-0.06 nm, X-rays and Extreme Ultraviolet1.00infobox
ROSATWebsitewww.dlr.de/en/rosat1.00infobox

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