What does NuSTAR do?
NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) is a space-based X-ray telescope that uses a conical approximation to a Wolter telescope to focus high energy X-rays from astrophysical sources, especially for nuclear spectroscopy, and operates in the range of 3 to 79 keV.
What does the NuSTAR study?
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission will study the universe in high energy X-rays to better understand the dynamics of black holes, exploding stars and the most extreme active galaxies.
Who made NuSTAR?
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Alliant Techsystems
NuSTAR/Manufacturers
When was NuStar telescope built?
June 13, 2012
– NuSTAR recently celebrated eight years in space, having launched on June 13, 2012. A Small Explorer mission led by Caltech and managed by JPL for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, NuSTAR was developed in partnership with the Danish Technical University and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
When was NuSTAR telescope built?
When was NuSTAR built?
A NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission, NuSTAR launched on June 13, 2012.
What company is NuSTAR?
NuStar Energy L.P.
NuStar Energy L.P.(NYSE: NS), is a publicly traded master limited partnership. The company is one of the largest independent liquids terminal and pipeline operators in the nation….NuStar Energy.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Website | www.nustarenergy.com |
What company is NuStar?
Is NuStar publicly traded?
NuStar Energy L.P. , a publicly traded master limited partnership based in San Antonio, Texas , is one of the largest independent liquids terminal and pipeline operators in the nation.
Where is Fermi telescope located?
Fermi, which was called the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) until it reached its operational orbit, launched on June 11, 2008, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a Delta II Heavy rocket. It was placed into a circular orbit around Earth with an altitude of about 350 miles (560 kilometers).
Why does NuSTAR use a low background light?
The inherently low background associated with concentrating the X-ray light enables NuSTAR to probe the hard X-ray sky with a more than 100-fold improvement in sensitivity over the collimated or coded mask instruments that have operated in this bandpass.
What kind of telescope is the NuSTAR telescope?
The observatory consists of two co-aligned grazing-incidence X-ray telescopes pointed at celestial targets by a three-axis stabilized spacecraft. Deployed into a 600 km, near-circular, 6 degree inclination orbit, the observatory has completed commissioning, and is performing consistent with pre-launch expectations.
How long is the orbital life of NuStar?
NuSTAR has an expected orbital lifetime of 10 years. NuSTAR’s baseline two-year mission began on 1 August 2012.
What are the main scientific objectives of NuStar?
Using its unprecedented combination of sensitivity and spatial and spectral resolution, NuSTAR is pursuing five primary scientific objectives: (1) probing obscured active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity out to the peak epoch of galaxy assembly in the universe (at z <~ 2) by surveying selected regions of the sky;