Delta II
SuccessRossi X-ray Timing Explorer · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Saturday, Dec 30, 1995, 13:48 UTC
Launch window
Saturday, Dec 30, 1995, 13:48 UTC – Saturday, Dec 30, 1995, 13:48 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The XTE (X-Ray Timing Explorer), renamed on orbit RXTE (Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer) mission has the primary objective to study the temporal and broad-band spectral phenomena associated with stellar and galactic systems containing compact objects in the energy range 2--200 keV and in time scales from microseconds to years.
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