ROSAT
Rosat
Credit - NASA
Other Designations: ROentgen SATellite. Class: Astronomy. Type: X-ray. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Germany. Agency: DLR.

West German extreme UV, X-ray telescope; all-sky survey.

Typical orbit: 539 km x 554 km at 53 degrees inclination. Mass: 2,426 kg (5,348 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Delta 6000.


ROSAT Chronology
  • 1990 June 1 - ROSAT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta 6000. Mass: 2,426 kg (5,348 lb). Perigee: 539 km (334 mi). Apogee: 554 km (344 mi). Inclination: 53.00 deg. Period: 95.60 min.

    West German extreme UV, X-ray telescope; all-sky survey.


Bibliography and Further Reading
  • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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