Suzaku Program
JAXA's Suzaku X-ray astronomy mission, formerly ASTRO-E2, was a Japan–US collaboration launched on 10 July 2005. It studied high-energy X-ray sources from stars and supernovae to black holes and galaxy clusters with broad energy coverage and an X-ray microcalorimeter, completing scientific observations in 2015.
Identity
- Aliases
- SuzakuASTRO-E2ASTRO-E II
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Suzaku Program
- Status
- completed
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- JAXA's Suzaku X-ray astronomy mission, formerly ASTRO-E2, was a Japan–US collaboration launched on 10 July 2005. It studied high-energy X-ray sources from stars and supernovae to black holes and galaxy clusters with broad energy coverage and an X-ray microcalorimeter, completing scientific observations in 2015.
- End Date
- 2015-09-02
- Leads
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2005-07-10
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 15:42:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 15:42:59 UTC