Chandra X-ray Observatory

NASA space telescope launched in 1999

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. Chandra is sensitive to X-ray sources 100 times fainter than any previous X-ray telescope, enabled by the high angular resolution of its mirrors.

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النوع

تلسكوب فضائي

الوكالة

NASA

تاريخ الإطلاق

23 يوليو 1999

الصاروخ

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) / IUS

موقع الإطلاق

Kennedy LC-39B

المعرّف الدولي

1999-040B

النموذج ثلاثي الأبعاد

NASA/Brian E. Kumanchik