Apr, 2018
HITOMI (ASTRO-H) X-ray astronomy satellite
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
- Volume
- 4
- Number
- 2
- DOI
- 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402
© The Authors. The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest energy resolution ever achieved at E > 2 keV, using a microcalorimeter instrument, and to cover a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy from soft x-rays to gamma rays. After a successful launch on February 17, 2016, the spacecraft lost its function on March 26, 2016, but the commissioning phase for about a month provided valuable information on the onboard instruments and the spacecraft system, including astrophysical results obtained from first light observations. The paper describes the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission, its capabilities, the initial operation, and the instruments/spacecraft performances confirmed during the commissioning operations for about a month.
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- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402
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- DOI : 10.1117/1.JATIS.4.2.021402
- ISSN : 2329-4124
- eISSN : 2329-4221
- SCOPUS ID : 85062992860
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000439235200002