Formation Flight Astronomical Survey Telescope (FFAST) mission in hard x-ray

Hiroshi Tsunemi; Hiroshi Nakajima; Naohisa Anabuki; Ryo Nagino; Hideyo Kunieda; Hironori Matsumoto; Masayuki Itoh; Isao Kawano; Toshinori Ikenaga; Shinji Mitani; Toru Yamamoto; Masanobu Ozaki; Koji Mori; Yoshihiro Ueda; Takayoshi Kohmura

doi:10.1117/12.2054733

28 July 2014 Formation Flight Astronomical Survey Telescope (FFAST) mission in hard x-ray

Hiroshi Tsunemi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Naohisa Anabuki, Ryo Nagino, Hideyo Kunieda, Hironori Matsumoto, Masayuki Itoh, Isao Kawano, Toshinori Ikenaga, Shinji Mitani, Toru Yamamoto, Masanobu Ozaki, Koji Mori, Yoshihiro Ueda, Takayoshi Kohmura

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 91442R (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054733
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

A formation flight astronomical survey telescope (FFAST) is a new project that will cover a large sky area in hard X-ray. In particular, it will focus on the energy range up to 80keV. It consists of two small satellites that will go in a formation flight. One is an X-ray telescope satellite carrying a super mirror, and the other is a detector satellite carrying an SDCCD. Two satellites are put into a low earth orbit in keeping the separation of 12m. This will survey a large sky area at hard X-ray region to study the evolution of the universe.

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Hiroshi Tsunemi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Naohisa Anabuki, Ryo Nagino, Hideyo Kunieda, Hironori Matsumoto, Masayuki Itoh, Isao Kawano, Toshinori Ikenaga, Shinji Mitani, Toru Yamamoto, Masanobu Ozaki, Koji Mori, Yoshihiro Ueda, and Takayoshi Kohmura "Formation Flight Astronomical Survey Telescope (FFAST) mission in hard x-ray", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91442R (28 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054733

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