High Energy Transient Explorer
(HETE)
(2000s space multi-band GRB observatory)
High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) is the name of
two GRB space observatories, the first never
reaching operation (in 1996, HETE-1) and a follow-on (HETE-2)
with the same goals that was successfully deployed in 2000 and
remained in operation until 2008. HETE was an international
effort, launched by NASA. The goal was multi-wavelength
observation of GRBs, including X-ray and ultraviolet
observations. At any moment, it monitored a limited FOV,
necessarily away from the Sun, also avoiding the Moon,
but in some cases could narrow the GRB's direction within that FOV
down to less than square degree.
Instruments:
- FREGATE - "French Gamma Telescope".
- WXM - wide-field X-ray Monitor.
- SXC - soft X-ray camera.
(telescope,gamma rays,X-ray,ultraviolet,transients,spacecraft,NASA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Transient_Explorer
https://space.mit.edu/HETE/
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/hete2/
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/hete2/hete2.html
Prefix | Example | | |
H | H4043 | mission's ID | |
HETE | HETE J1900.1-2455 | | |
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Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
ultraviolet astronomy
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