Constellation-X Instruments
Constellation-X will carry two types of telescopes: four Soft X-ray Telescopes (SXTs) and one or two Hard X-ray Telescopes (HXTs). Each SXT will focus light onto an X-ray Microcalorimeter Spectrometer (XMS). Some of the light entering the SXTs will be diverted by an X-ray Grating Spectrometer (XGS).
Use the links in the side menu to learn more about each of the telescopes and instruments that will be used on Constellation-X.
The Constellation-X spacecraft. The mirror assemblies for the Soft X-ray telescopes and one implementation of the Hard X-ray telescopes are labeled. The instruments, which lie on the focal plane 10 meters from the mirrors, are not visible in this image.
