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ASCA
The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA), known as ASTRO-D before launch, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite launched in February 1993. It was equipped with X-ray telescopes using CCD detectors, making it the first X-ray satellite to use CCD technology for imaging and spectroscopy. ASCA operated until 2000 and made significant contributions to the study of active galactic...
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Suzaku
Suzaku was a Japanese space telescope developed for X-ray astronomy by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in collaboration with institutions including NASA. Launched in 2005 as Astro-E2, it carried imaging spectrometers and a hard X-ray detector for studying energetic objects and processes, including black holes, supernova remnants, active galaxies, and galaxy clusters. The observatory operate...
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