1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
ROSAT
All-sky X-ray survey observatory.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 1990
- Lead / partner
- Germany / United States / United Kingdom
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Delta II 6920-10
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
- Duration
- 8 years and 8 months
Why it happened
ROSAT flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of Germany / United States / United Kingdom's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: All-sky X-ray survey observatory.
Results
All-sky X-ray survey observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Ralfvandebergh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · license: cc-by-sa-3.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
