Joint European X-Ray telescope (JET-X), British, 1989

Made:
1989 in Leicester
maker:
University of Leicester, Space Research Centre
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Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

View of model of the Russian Jet X x-ray telescope in the
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Joint European X-Ray telescope (JET-X), never flown - built for Russian SPECTRUM mission which was cancelled after breakup of Soviet Union (see note)

This unflown telescope would have detected X-ray sources in the night sky by a technique called grazing incidence in which the X-rays entering the barrel of the instrument skim its internal walls and on to the detectors. Although never flown the telescope's development fed into other missions and particularly the very successful Swift observatory that detects Gamma Ray Bursts.

Details

Category:
Space Technology
Object Number:
2009-45
Materials:
Carbon fibre, honeycomb panel and aluminium and aluminized kapton.
type:
telescope
credit:
Science and Technology Facilities Council