DocumentCode
816627
Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology X-Ray Observatory for the Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-C)
Author
Taylor, Richard S.
Author_Institution
MIT Center for Space Research Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Volume
22
Issue
1
fYear
1975
Firstpage
565
Lastpage
569
Abstract
The MIT SAS-C S-Ray Observatory is a highly flexible facility for the comprehensive study of the X-ray sky over the 0.1 to 50 kev energy range. Event time may be determined to 0.125ms. An on-board 16 pulse height analyzer allows for fine X-ray spectral studies using the on-board star trackers and rotating modulation collimator. Both risetime and geometric anticoincidence circuits are employed and a programmable data format generator allows great flexibility in choice of data sources and source sampling rate for special studies.
Keywords
Astronomy; Collimators; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Observatories; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Satellites; Space technology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1975.4327704
Filename
4327704
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