NSSDCA ID: 1974-070A-02
Mission Name: ANSThe instrumentation consisted of a mylar-window proportional counter (44- to 55-A passband), located at the focus of a grazing incidence ring paraboloid telescope, and a titanium-window proportional counter (passbands of 27- to 35-A, 4- to 12-A, and 2- to 4-A) located behind a honeycomb collimator. The sensors, which observed X rays from cosmic sources, required an instrument-pointing accurary of 0.1 deg. Part of the experiment became inoperable on June 21, 1975, when the mylar-window on the 44-55 A proportional counter apparently ruptured.
Mass: 12.6 kg
Power (avg): 3.3 W
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. A. C. Brinkman | Principal Investigator | University of Utrecht |