Einstein Observatory

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The Einstein Observatory was NASA’s first fully imaging X-ray telescope in space, pioneering high-resolution X-ray astronomy of cosmic sources.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Einstein Observatory canonical 9
Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) 2
Einstein X-ray Observatory 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space observatory ⓘ
X-ray telescope ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
agency NASA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs HEAO-2 ⓘ
High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2 ⓘ
contributedTo high-resolution X-ray sky surveys ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
deactivated 1981-04 ⓘ
fieldOfView 1 degree ⓘ
focalLength 3.4 m ⓘ
followedBy Chandra X-ray Observatory ⓘ
ROSAT ⓘ
launchContractor NASA ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1978-11-13 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchVehicle Atlas-Centaur ⓘ
locationAfterMission burned up in Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
missionEnd 1981-04 ⓘ
missionStart 1978-11-13 ⓘ
missionType X-ray astronomy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
namedAfter Albert Einstein ⓘ
notableFor first fully imaging X-ray telescope in space ⓘ
pioneering high-resolution X-ray imaging of cosmic sources ⓘ
operatedBy NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
precededBy Uhuru (SAS-1) ⓘ
primaryMirrorDiameter 0.58 m ⓘ
reentryDate 1982-03 ⓘ
scientificInstrument Focal Plane Crystal Spectrometer (FPCS) ⓘ
High Resolution Imager (HRI) ⓘ
Imaging Proportional Counter (IPC) ⓘ
Monitor Proportional Counter (MPC) ⓘ
Objective Grating Spectrometer (OGS) ⓘ
Solid State Spectrometer (SSS) ⓘ
spacecraftBus HEAO bus ⓘ
status deorbited ⓘ
studied X-ray binaries ⓘ
active galactic nuclei ⓘ
clusters of galaxies ⓘ
hot interstellar medium ⓘ
supernova remnants ⓘ
telescopeType Wolter type I grazing-incidence X-ray telescope ⓘ
wavelengthBand X-ray ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chandra X-ray Observatory → predecessor → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center → hostMissionArchive → Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) ⓘ
linked to: Einstein Observatory
Riccardo Giacconi → notableWork → Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2) ⓘ
linked to: Einstein Observatory
SAS-3 → successor → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
NASA astrophysics observatories → includes → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
Einstein Observatory → alsoKnownAs → HEAO-2 ⓘ
linked to: Einstein Observatory
HEAO-1 → followedBy → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
Abell 3526 → observedBy → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
1E 0102.2-7219 → observedBy → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
1E 0102.2-7219 → discoveredBy → Einstein X-ray Observatory ⓘ
linked to: Einstein Observatory
Perseus Cluster → observedBy → Einstein Observatory ⓘ
X-ray astronomy → majorObservatory → Einstein Observatory ⓘ