Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Rosat mission

  • Published:
Space Science Reviews Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The primary scientific objective of the ROSAT mission is to perform the first all sky survey with an imaging X-ray telescope leading to an improvement in sensitivity by several orders of magnitude compared with previous surveys. Consequently a large number of new sources (> 105) will be discovered and located with an accuracy of 1 arcmin. After completion of the survey which will take about half a year the instrument will be used for detailed observations of selected targets.

The X-ray telescope consists of a fourfold nested Wolter type I mirror system with 80 cm aperture and 240 cm focal length, and three focal plane detectors. In the baseline version these will be imaging proportional counters (0.1 – 2 keV) providing a field of view of 20 × 20.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-8046, Garching, Germany

    B. Aschenbach, H. Bräuninger, U. Briel, W. Brinkmann, H. Fink, N. Heinecke, H. Hippmann, G. Kettenring, G. Metzner, A. Ondrusch, E. Pfeffermann, P. Predehl, G. Reger, K. -H. Stephan, J. Trümper & H. U. Zimmermann

Authors
  1. B. Aschenbach
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. H. Bräuninger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. U. Briel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. W. Brinkmann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. H. Fink
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. N. Heinecke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. H. Hippmann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. G. Kettenring
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. G. Metzner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. A. Ondrusch
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. E. Pfeffermann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. P. Predehl
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. G. Reger
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. K. -H. Stephan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  15. J. Trümper
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  16. H. U. Zimmermann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Aschenbach, B., Bräuninger, H., Briel, U. et al. The Rosat mission. Space Sci Rev 30, 569–573 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246075

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246075

Keywords

Search

Navigation