XTE

XTE
Credit - NASA

Class: Astronomy. Type: X-ray. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA.

X-ray Timing Explorer; X-ray astronomy.

Typical orbit: 565 km x 583 km at 23 degrees inclination. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000.

XTE Chronology

1995 December 30 - XTE - Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7000. Mass: 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). Perigee: 565 km (351 mi). Apogee: 583 km (362 mi). Inclination: 23.00 deg. Period: 96.10 min.
X-ray Timing Explorer; X-ray astronomy.

Bibliography and Further Reading

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

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.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

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