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Payload / Mission

Asuka

Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

The objective of the ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy) (or Astro D) mission was to perform spectroscopic X-Ray astronomy in the wavelength band 1--12 keV. with particular emphasis on spectroscopy of the iron K band.