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The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Five Years of Operation

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The Chandra X-ray Observatory is the X-ray component of NASA's Great Observatory Program and has been operating successfully for over five years. We present here brief overview of the technical performance and some of the remarkable discoveries.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0503091,
  title  = {The Chandra X-Ray Observatory: Five Years of Operation},
  author = {Martin C. Weisskopf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0503091},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages, 12 figures, to be published in Space Research Today