Einstein Observatory

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NASA space observatory X-ray telescope space telescope

The Einstein Observatory was NASA’s first fully imaging X-ray telescope in space, pioneering high-resolution X-ray astronomy of cosmic sources.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Einstein Observatory canonical 5
Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) 2
HEAO-2 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space observatory ⓘ
X-ray telescope ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
agency NASA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Einstein Observatory ⓘ
surface form: HEAO-2

High Energy Astronomy Observatory program ⓘ
surface form: High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2
contributedTo high-resolution X-ray sky surveys ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deactivated 1981-04 ⓘ
fieldOfView 1 degree ⓘ
focalLength 3.4 m ⓘ
followedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
ROSAT ⓘ
launchContractor NASA ⓘ
launchCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
launchDate 1978-11-13 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Cape Canaveral ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral, Florida
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
locationAfterMission burned up in Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
missionEnd 1981-04 ⓘ
missionStart 1978-11-13 ⓘ
missionType X-ray astronomy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
namedAfter Albert Einstein ⓘ
notableFor first fully imaging X-ray telescope in space ⓘ
pioneering high-resolution X-ray imaging of cosmic sources ⓘ
operatedBy Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
precededBy Uhuru (SAS-1) ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 0.58 m ⓘ
reentryDate 1982-03 ⓘ
scientificInstrument Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer (FPCS) ⓘ
High Resolution Imager (HRI) ⓘ
Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) ⓘ
Monitor Proportional Counter (MPC) ⓘ
Objective Grating Spectrometer (OGS) ⓘ
Solid State Spectrometer (SSS) ⓘ
spacecraftBus HEAO bus ⓘ
status deorbited ⓘ
studied X-ray binaries ⓘ
active galactic nuclei ⓘ
clusters of galaxies ⓘ
hot interstellar medium ⓘ
supernova remnants ⓘ
telescopeType Wolter type I grazing-incidence telescope ⓘ
surface form: Wolter type I grazing-incidence X-ray telescope
wavelengthBand X-ray ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chandra X-ray Observatory → predecessor → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center → hostMissionArchive → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2)
Riccardo Giacconi → notableWork → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2)
SAS-3 → successor → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
NASA astrophysics observatories → includes → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
Wolter type I grazing-incidence telescope → usedIn → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
Einstein Observatory → alsoKnownAs → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: HEAO-2
HEAO-1 → followedBy → Einstein Observatory ⓘ