Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: Delta II 7920-10 — Delta family

Mission

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.

• Type: Astrophysics
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A
• Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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