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Constellation-X

Performance Requirements

Baseline Mission Characteristics
Overall Band Pass 0.3 to 40 keV

Effective area 1,000 cm2 over 0.3-10 keV
150 cm2 at 10-40 keV
15,000 cm2 at 1.25 keV
6,000 cm2 at 6.0 keV

Spectral resolving power
(FWHM,E/ΔE)
1250 over 0.3-1 keV
300 over 1-10 keV in central 2.5 arcmin only
2400 at 6 keV in central 2.5 arcmin only
10 over 10-40 keV

Angular resolution 15 arcsec over 0.3-7 keV
30 arcsec over 7-40 keV

Field of View (FOV) 5 arcmin on a side

Mission lifetime 5 years, consumables for 10 years

Web Curator: Barbara Mattson
NASA Official: Dr. Ann Hornschemeier
Last Updated: May 14, 2008