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    Explorer (RXTE) was a NASA satellite that observed the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, named after physicist Bruno Rossi. The RXTE had three...
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    Cherenkov telescopes (IACT). Examples of Observatories of the first type are RXTE, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Examples...
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    Past missions managed by GSFC include the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, SMM, COBE, IUE, and ROSAT. Founded as Beltsville...
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  • Million Mile Per Hour Winds". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-02-22. NASA.gov, "NASA's RXTE Detects 'Heartbeat' of Smallest Black Hole Candidate", 2011.12.15 (accessed...
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  • (2006), "The Rates of Type I X-Ray Bursts from Transients Observed with RXTE: Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons", Astrophysical Journal, 646 (1):...
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    active from the 1980s to the early 2000s: the HEAO Program, EXOSAT, Ginga, RXTE, ROSAT, ASCA, as well as BeppoSAX, which detected the first afterglow of...
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    Archived from the original on June 8, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-28. "The RXTE Mission is Approaching the End of Science Operations". 2012-01-04. Archived...
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    observatories in orbit – among them: Chandra, the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), and the European observatories XMM-Newton, Integral and NuSTAR. Lewin has...
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    down to prevent damage and to saturate instruments on BeppoSAX, WIND and RXTE. On May 29, 2008, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope discovered a ring of matter...
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    BeppoSAX/WFC from M15 X-2; a mixed H/He burst observed with INTEGRAL/JEM-X from GS 1826−24, and an H-deficient burst observed with RXTE/PCA from 4U 1728−34....
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    Plata, Argentina. Eta Carinae profile at Solstation X-ray Monitoring by RXTE The 2003 Observing Campaign Archived 19 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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  • much lower than the normal daytime level. The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), an X-ray satellite, received its strongest signal from this burst at this...
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    Planck (2009–2013) RELIKT-1 (1983–1984) R/HESSI (2002–2018) ROSAT (1990–1999) RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind...
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    frequency when it was observed during a subsequent outburst in 1998 by NASA's RXTE satellite. The neutron star is orbited by a brown dwarf binary companion...
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    one-dimensional coded mask, very similar in design to the All Sky Monitor on NASA's RXTE satellite. The gas-filled proportional counter will have resistive wires...
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    Monitoring surveys of the SMC performed with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) see X-ray pulsars in outburst at more than 1036 erg/s and have counted 50...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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  • data, JINA-CEE also uses heavily X-ray observational data from BeppoSAX, RXTE, Chandra, XMM-Newton, and INTEGRAL. JINA stimulated the development of similar...
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    Planck (2009–2013) RELIKT-1 (1983–1984) R/HESSI (2002–2018) ROSAT (1990–1999) RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind...
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  • Planck (2009–2013) RELIKT-1 (1983–1984) R/HESSI (2002–2018) ROSAT (1990–1999) RXTE (1995–2012) SAMPEX (1992–2004) SAS-B (1972–1973) SAS-C (1975–1979) Solwind...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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    Observatory were already scheduled for simultaneous observations. Swift, RXTE and the new gamma-ray AGILE spacecraft responded to this target of opportunity...
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    Observatory) Wilkinson MAP - 2010 WISE - 2011 (extended in 2013 as NEOWISE mission) RXTE - 2012 Galaxy Evolution Explorer - 2013 Number of launches per decade: Spaceflight...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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    lower luminosity, though with better observations with satellites such as RXTE, this is not necessarily the case. The high/soft state is characterized by...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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    much lower than the normal daytime level. The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), an X-ray satellite, received its strongest signal from this burst at this...
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  • after the burst had been detected. The X-ray afterglow was first detected by RXTE approximately five hours after the burst. The radio afterglow was first detected...
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