Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
United States Air Force · Delta II 7920-10 · Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 958th launch · 10th this year · humanity's 4,041st orbital launch attempt
December 30, 1995Add to calendar
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The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 30, 13:48 – Dec 30, 13:48 UTC
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Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
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.
Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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