ROSAT

1990X-ray telescopeDLR/NASA/UK

LocationSpace

Year1990

SizeX-ray telescope

OperatorDLR/NASA/UK

About ROSAT

Performed the first imaging X-ray survey of the entire sky. Its catalog contains over 150,000 X-ray sources. Recorded the unexpected discovery of X-rays from comets. Operations ended in 1999 and the spacecraft reentered in 2011.

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