Broad Band X-ray Telescope

X-ray telescope flown on STS-35
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Broad Band X-ray Telescope

Summary

Broad Band X-ray Telescope is a space instrument[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (space_instrument category, ranking #36 of 76).[2]

Key Facts

  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's image is recorded as BBXRT in OV-102's payload bay at KSC for STS-35 (MSFC-9010026, cropped).jpg[3].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's instance of is recorded as space instrument[4].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's instance of is recorded as X-ray telescope[5].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's operator is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[6].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's manufacturer is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[7].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's part of is recorded as Shuttle High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory-A[8].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's part of is recorded as ASTRO-1[9].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle[10].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's archives at is recorded as High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center[11].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1990-12-02T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0588lk[13].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[14].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's significant event is recorded as landing[15].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's official website is recorded as https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/bbxrt/bbxrt.html[16].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B[17].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+4.1'}[18].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11570', 'amount': '+840'}[19].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+1'}[20].
  • Broad Band X-ray Telescope's principal investigator is recorded as Peter Serlemitsos[21].

Body

Geography

Part of include Shuttle High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory-A[8] and ASTRO-1[9], a payload[22].

Physical Characteristics

Broad Band X-ray Telescope's length is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+4.1'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include space instrument[4] and X-ray telescope[5].

Why It Matters

Broad Band X-ray Telescope draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (space_instrument category, ranking #36 of 76).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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