The High Energy Astronomy Observatory - Mission B (HEAO-B) is a satellite observatory for the purpose of performing a detailed X-ray survey of the celestial sphere 'b'. Measurements will be made of stellar radiation in the range of 0.2 to 20 keV. The central part of the Observatory is an X-ray telescope, into the focus of which a variety of imaging instruments and spectrographs may be introduced. The telescope has a resolution of about 1 arc second, so that the instruments must be placed with extreme precision. This is obtained by a mechanical system of toggles and stops and a motor drive system controlled by a position sensing potentiometer with a resolution of about 1.5 deg.


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    Title :

    Focal plane transport assembly controls for the high energy astronomy observatory x-ray telescope


    Additional title:

    Hochenergie-astronomisches Observatorium mit Roentgen-Teleskop


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ; NS-26 , 1Pt.1 ; 536-541


    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 18 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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    HEAO-A - The first high energy astronomy observatory

    SPEER, F. / DAILEY, C. | AIAA | 1978