Suzaku
Suzaku was Japan's fifth X-ray astronomy mission, combining a broad-band X-ray observatory with international JAXA, ISAS, and NASA collaboration to study energetic cosmic sources.
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Identity
- Aliases
- ASTRO-EII missionASTRO-E2 missionSuzaku mission
- Name
- Suzaku
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Suzaku was Japan's fifth X-ray astronomy mission, combining a broad-band X-ray observatory with international JAXA, ISAS, and NASA collaboration to study energetic cosmic sources.
- Destination
- 550 km circular low Earth orbit at 31° inclination for broad-band X-ray observations of black holes, supernova remnants, galaxy clusters, and other energetic cosmic sources; Japan-led JAXA–U.S. collaboration originally launched as Astro-E2
- End Date
- 2015-09-02
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Suzaku returned sensitive wide-band X-ray observations of black holes, galaxy clusters, supernova remnants, and other energetic sources before mission operations ended in September 2015.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2005-07-10
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/suzaku/
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 10:27:36 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 01:53:16 UTC
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