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Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

Name: Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Start: 1995-12-30T13:48:00.000Z
End: 1995-12-30T13:48:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

December 30, 1995 at 1:48 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer launch image — Mission imagery · Delta II 7920-10

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December 30, 1995 at 1:48 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4472, -80.5650

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Rocket: Delta II 7920-10
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: December 30, 1995 at 1:48 PM UTC
Window closes: December 30, 1995 at 1:48 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Delta II 7920-10

Delta · 7920-10

Height

38.7 m

Diameter

2.4 m

LEO capacity

5,959 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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