Soft x-ray telescope for Solar-A: design evolution and lessons learned

Marilyn E. Bruner

doi:10.1117/12.51234

1 January 1992 Soft x-ray telescope for Solar-A: design evolution and lessons learned

Marilyn E. Bruner

Proceedings Volume 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51234
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Japanese Solar-A satellite mission''s Soft X-ray Telescope uses grazing-incidence optics, a CCD detector, and a pair of filter wheels for wavelength selection. A coaxially-mounted visible-light lens furnished sunspot and magnetic plage images, together with aspect information which aids in aligning the soft X-ray images with those from the satellite''s Hard X-ray Telescope. Instrument electronics are microprocessor-based, and imbedded in a tightly integrated distributed system. Control software is divided between the instrument microprocessor and the spacecraft control computer.

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Marilyn E. Bruner "Soft x-ray telescope for Solar-A: design evolution and lessons learned", Proc. SPIE 1546, Multilayer and Grazing Incidence X-Ray/EUV Optics, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.51234

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