NSSDCA ID: 1979-047A-03
Mission Name: Ariel 6This system consisted of four grazing-incidence hyperboloid mirrors that reflected X-rays through an aperture/filter to four continuous-flow propane gas detectors covered with a 1-micrometer polypropylene window. The instrument was sensitive to X-rays from 0.1 to 2 keV and had seven selectable FOVs from 0.2 to 3.6 deg. The system could be operated in four different modes: spectral (32 channels of pulse height), time (0.5 ms to 16 s), pulsar (periods from 8 ms to 4 h), and autocorrelator (periodic variations from 128 ms to 2 s). The detectors pointed along the spacecraft spin axis.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Mr. A. M. Cruise | Other Investigator | University College, London | |
Dr. Chris V. Goodall | Other Investigator | University of Birmingham | cvg@star.sr.bham.ac.uk |
Prof. A. Peter Willmore | Other Investigator | University of Birmingham | apw@star.sr.bham.ac.uk |
Sir Robert L. F. Boyd | Principal Investigator | University College, London |