Broad Band X-ray Telescope
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Astro-1_payload.png/220px-Astro-1_payload.png)
Diagram of Astro-1 instruments with BBXRT on the right
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/STS-35_Astro-1_flight.gif/220px-STS-35_Astro-1_flight.gif)
Astro-1 payload in the Shuttle Bay illustration
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/STS035L.jpg/220px-STS035L.jpg)
STS-35, carrying ASTRO-1 with the BBXT heads into orbit, 1990
The Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT) was flown on the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-35) on 1990 December 2-December 11, as part of the ASTRO-1 payload. The flight of BBXRT marked the first opportunity for performing X-ray observations over a broad energy range (0.3-12 keV) with a moderate energy resolution (typically 90 eV and 150 eV at 1 and 6 keV, respectively).
BBXRT was co-mounted with three ultraviolet telescopes HUT, WUPPE, and HIT for Astro-1 in 1990.[1]
This was, "..the first focusing X-ray telescope operating over a broad energy range 0.3-12 keV with a moderate energy resolution (90 eV at 1 keV and 150eV at 6 keV)." according to NASA.[2]
Hardware[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/S035_OPF_Astro.jpg/500px-S035_OPF_Astro.jpg)
Broad Band X-ray Telescope is on the left in this case, separately from the other grouping
See also[]
References[]
- ^ UIT
- ^ "The Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT)". heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
External links[]
- Broad Band X-ray Telescope (BBXRT. GSFC. NASA) on the internet
Categories:
- Space telescopes
- X-ray telescopes
- Crewed space observatories
- Space Shuttle program
- Astronomical observatory stubs
- United States spacecraft stubs