During the past year, the changeover from the normal incidence X ray telescope (NIXT) program to the new TXI sounding rocket program was completed. The NIXT effort, aimed at evaluating the viability of the remaining portions of the NIXT hardware and design has been finished and the portions of the NIXT which are viable and flightworthy, such as filters, mirror mounting hardware, electronic and telemetry interface systems, are now part of the new rocket payload. The backup NIXT multilayer-coated X ray telescope and its mounting hardware have been completely fabricated and are being stored for possible future use in the TXI rocket. The h-alpha camera design is being utilized in the TXI program for real-time pointing verification and control via telemetry.


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    Title :

    Normal Incidence X-ray Telescope (NIXT) Sounding Rocket Payload


    Contributors:
    L. Golub (author)

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    19 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English