Broad Band X-ray Telescope
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broad-band-x-ray-telescope-239-10933238
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Broad Band X-ray Telescope
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The Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT) was flown on the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-35) from December 2 through December 11, 1990 as part of the ASTRO-1 payload. The flight of BBXRT marked the first opportunity for performing X-ray observations over a broad energy range with a moderate energy resolution. BBXRT was co-mounted with three ultraviolet telescopes HUT, WUPPE, and HIT for Astro-1 in 1990. This was, "..the first focusing X-ray telescope operating over a broad energy range 0.3-12 keV wit
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Space Shuttle instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Band_X-ray_Telescope
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2023-07-28T19:26:05Z
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