Constellation X mission and its optics

Jay A. Bookbinder

doi:10.1117/12.454375

30 January 2002 Constellation X mission and its optics

Jay A. Bookbinder

Proceedings Volume 4496, X-Ray Optics for Astronomy: Telescopes, Multilayers, Spectrometers, and Missions; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454375
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Constellation-X mission has seen significant evolution in its concept over the previous two years. These evolutions yield a mission concept that achieves all of the originally proposed science goals, while meeting launch vehicle constraints. The most obvious change to the mission concept has been to reduce the number of satellites in the mission from six to four, while increasing the size of the optics to maintain the effective area. In a parallel evolution, the telescope focal lengths have increased from 8.4 to 10m to maintain approximately the same energy response from the optics. This paper will summarize the current designs and some of the issues associated with the optics for its two telescope systems.

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Jay A. Bookbinder "Constellation X mission and its optics", Proc. SPIE 4496, X-Ray Optics for Astronomy: Telescopes, Multilayers, Spectrometers, and Missions, (30 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454375

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