Space telescope
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA · launched 1999
X-ray telescope on a high elliptical orbit since 1999.
Right now · as of
Earth–Moon space
142,552 km from Earth; a signal takes 0.5 s
149 million km from the Sun, moving at 0.81 km/s relative to Earth
Open in 3DChandra 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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Facts
- What it is
- Space telescope
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- July 23, 1999
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) / IUS
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39B
- International designator
- 1999-040B
- 3D model
- NASA/Brian E. Kumanchik