Delta II | Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
The XTE (X-Ray Timing Explorer), renamed on orbit RXTE (Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer) mission has the primary objective to study the temporal and broad-band spectral phenomena associated with stellar and galactic systems containing compact objects in the energy range 2--200 keV and in time scales from microseconds to years.
Mission Details
- Launch date: December 30, 1995 at 01:48 PM UTC
- Launch vehicle: Delta II
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Launch site: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Mission type: Astrophysics