NASA NTRS · 19850058908
Sounding rockets shot from the Shuttle
Abstract
The Space Shuttle-launched sounding rocket Spartan-1 will map the structure of two extended X-ray sources: the hot gas pervading the Perseus cluster of galaxies, and the central core of the Milky Way. Spartan-1 contains two large X-ray proportional counter detectors sensitive to the 1-15 A wavelength range. A new generation of instruments destined for X-ray telescope focal planes will yield high resolution imaging and spectroscopy, over observation times sometimes exceeding one day/source, in the course of a long-term Spartan research program that will encompass planetary, solar, and UV astronomy missions.
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Cruddace, R., Fritz, G., Glaab, J., Shrewsberry, D.. 1985-07-01. Sounding rockets shot from the Shuttle. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19850058908
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