The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is a new collaboration between NASA, ESA, and JAXA which is under study for launch in 2020. IXO will be a large 6600 kilogram Great Observatory-class mission which will build upon the legacies of the Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray observatories. It combines elements from NASA's Constellation-X program and ESA's XEUS program. The observatory will have a 20-25 meter focal length, which necessitates the use of a deployable instrument module. Currently the project is actively trading configurations and layouts of the various instruments and spacecraft components. This paper will provide a snapshot of the latest observatory configuration under consideration and summarize the observatory from the mechanical engineering perspective.


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    Title :

    Mechanical Overview of the International X-Ray Observatory


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2009 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2009-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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