NASA NTRS · 20110023685
Advanced X-Ray Timing Array Mission: Conceptual Spacecraft Design Study
Abstract
The Advanced X-Ray Timing Array (AXTAR) is a mission concept for submillisecond timing of bright galactic x-ray sources. The two science instruments are the Large Area Timing Array (LATA) (a collimated instrument with 2-50-keV coverage and over 3 square meters of effective area) and a Sky Monitor (SM), which acts as a trigger for pointed observations of x-ray transients. The spacecraft conceptual design team developed two spacecraft concepts that will enable the AXTAR mission: A minimal configuration to be launched on a Taurus II and a larger configuration to be launched on a Falcon 9 or similar vehicle.
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Hopkins, R. C., Johnson, L., Thomas, H. D., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Baysinger, M., Maples, C. D., Fabisinski, L.L., Hornsby, L., Thompson, K. S., Miernik, J. H.. 2011-11-01. Advanced X-Ray Timing Array Mission: Conceptual Spacecraft Design Study. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110023685
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