ROSAT

Technical Data

**Major Spacecraft Parameters**
overall dimensions
- launch	240 × 215 × 450 cm³
- flight	230 × 470 × 890 cm³
overall mass	2426 kg
maximum power consumption	609 W
X-ray object coordinate determination accuracy
- scan mode	< 30 arcsec
- pointing mode	< 10 arcsec

**Mission**
orbit	580 km circular
- inclination	53 °
- max. eclipse	36 min
ground station contacts	6 × 8 min/day
6 month all-sky survey	discovery of more than 60.000 X-ray objects
more than seven years pointed mission	- detailed investigation of selected X-ray sources - guest observers programme

This figure shows an exploded view of the ROSAT satellite along with the launch configuration. ROSAT was launched into orbit by a Delta II rocket which required that the solar panels be stowed. Once in orbit, the solar panels, mirror doors for both the XRT and WFC, and antenna were deployed.

ROSAT (Röntgensatellit)
Copyright © 1998 Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, 85740 Garching, Germany.
The ROSAT project is run by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) (former DARA), Bonn, by order of the Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF). All rights reserved.