NSSDCA ID: 1979-047A-02
Mission Name: Ariel 6The instrument consisted of an array of xenon-filled proportional counters designed for detailed measurement of time variability and spectra of both galactic and extragalactic sources. The detector array was sensitive over the energy range 1.2 to 50 keV and viewed along the spacecraft spin axis through 3-deg FWHM field collimators. Bright X-ray sources could be measured to several microseconds time resolution, and spectral data were obtained in 32 channels.
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Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Prof. Kenneth A. Pounds | Principal Investigator | University of Leicester | kap@star.le.ac.uk |