Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest energy resolution ever achieved at E greater than 2 keV, using a microcalorimeter instrument, and to cover a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy from soft X-rays to gamma-rays. After a successful launch on 2016 February 17, the spacecraft lost its function on 2016 March 26, but the commissioning phase for about a month provided valuable information on the on-board instruments and the spacecraft system, including astrophysical results obtained from first light observations. The paper describes the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission, its capabilities, the initial operation, and the instruments/spacecraft performances confirmed during the commissioning operations for about a month.
Keywords:
Astrophysics
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN43701
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Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 9905; 99050U|Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; Jun 26, 2016; Edinburgh; United Kingdom
Format:
text
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