The ALEXIS data processing package: An update

Conference · Sun Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10131135

Bloch, J J; Smith, B W; Edwards, B C

The ALEXIS experiment (Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors), is a mini-satellite containing six wide angle EUV/ultrasoft x-ray telescopes. Its purpose is to map out the sky in three narrow (5%) bandpasses around 66, 71, and 93 eV. The 66 and 71 eV bandpasses are centered on intense Fe emission lines which are characteristic of million-degree plasmas such as the one thought to produce the soft x-ray background. The 93 eV bandpass is not near any strong emission lines and is more sensitive to continuum sources. The mission will be launched on the Pegasus Air-Launched Vehicle in early 1993 into a 400-nautical-mile, high-inclination orbit and will be controlled entirely from a small ground station located at Los Alamos. The project is a collaborative effort between Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and the University of California-Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10131135
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--93-263; CONF-9211188--1; ON: DE93007374
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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