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X-Ray Space Telescopes

What was the ROSAT mission?

The Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) mission was the next-generation X-ray space telescope after the HEAO missions. It was led by a German scientific team, and is named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1845–1923), who discovered X-rays.

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