RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)
NASA
Credit | NASA |
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Historical Date | December 20, 2022 |
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An illustration of NASA's RXTE satellite. The colors depicted in this illustration are for artistic purposes only.
RXTE collected information about the extreme environments that surround white dwarf stars, neutron stars, black holes, and other objects that emit X-rays.
Launched: December 30, 1995
Decommissioned: January 12, 2012