1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
RXTE
Timing studies of X-ray sources.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 30 Dec 1995
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Delta II 7920-10
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
- Duration
- 16 years (achieved)
Why it happened
RXTE flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of United States'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: Timing studies of X-ray sources.
Results
Timing studies of X-ray sources.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Unknown authorUnknown author, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
