Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite

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AXIS
Mission typeSpace observatory
Operator NASA
Website blog.umd.edu/axis/
Mission duration5 years primary
Start of mission
Launch date2032 (planned)
Launch site Kennedy Space Center
Orbital parameters
Reference system Low Earth Orbit
Main
Type X-Ray
Focal length9 metres
Collecting area0.36 m2 (4 sq ft) at 1 keV
Wavelengths X-Ray: 0.3-10 keV
Resolution1.5 arcseconds across the entire field of view

Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a space telescope under development by NASA for launch in 2032. [1] It is a NASA Probe mission concept designed for high angular resolution X-Ray imaging. [2] The mission goals are to examine galaxies over cosmic time, feedback in galaxies, Black Hole strong gravity, Dual AGN, the high redshift universe.

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History

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a response to NASA's Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) program.

Instruments

The X-ray grazing incident mirror would be developed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and combines 10,000 mirror segments made from silicon, grouped into 10 shells. The detector is an array of CCDs giving a field of view of about 24 arcminutes and a spatial resolution of about 1.5 arcsecond over the entire field.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reynolds, Christopher; et al. (1 Nov 2023). "Overview of the advanced x-ray imaging satellite (AXIS)". In Siegmund, Oswald H.; Hoadley, Keri (eds.). UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXIII. p. 49. arXiv: 2311.00780 . doi:10.1117/12.2677468. ISBN   978-1-5106-6570-5.
  2. ↑ AXIS home page


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