The Constellation-X mission and its optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4496, Issue , 2002, Pages 84-93

  Bookbinder, Jay A ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Space missions; X ray astronomy; X ray spectroscopy; X ray telescope

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SPACE FLIGHT; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CONSTELLATION-X MISSION; SPACE MISSIONS; X-RAY ASTRONOMY; X-RAY TELESCOPES;

X RAY OPTICS;

EID: 0036395055     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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