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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).
ROSAT Chronology - 1990 June 1 - ROSAT - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC17A. Launch Vehicle: Delta. 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:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Web Address when accessed: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.
- NASA Report, ROSAT: An international mission exploring the high energy universe, Web Address when accessed: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910013901_1991013901.pdf.
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