ROSAT
ROSAT was a German-led X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet observatory developed with United States and United Kingdom participation. It performed the first imaging all-sky X-ray survey and then conducted pointed observations of stars, compact objects, supernova remnants, galaxies, clusters, planets, and comets.
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Identity
- Aliases
- ROentgen SATelliteRöntgensatellitRoentgen Satellite
- Name
- ROSAT
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- ROSAT was a German-led X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet observatory developed with United States and United Kingdom participation. It performed the first imaging all-sky X-ray survey and then conducted pointed observations of stars, compact objects, supernova remnants, galaxies, clusters, planets, and comets.
- Destination
- Near-circular low Earth orbit at approximately 580 km altitude and 53° inclination (about 96-minute period) for the all-sky soft X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet survey followed by pointed observations of stars, compact objects, supernova remnants, galaxies, clusters, and comets
- End Date
- 1999-02-12
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- ROSAT operated for nearly nine years instead of its planned eighteen months. Its surveys cataloged tens of thousands of X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet sources, its pointed program supported thousands of researchers, and it made the first detection of X-rays from a comet.
- Programs
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- Start Date
- 1990-06-01
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/rosat/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 15:01:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:06:06 UTC
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- Search Name
- ROSAT ROentgen SATellite Röntgensatellit Roentgen Satellite
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