Performance of the engineering model x-ray mirror of the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) for future GOES missions

Richard C. Catura; Marilyn E. Bruner; Paul R. Catura; Bruce K. Jurcevich; C. Kam; James R. Lemen; Syndie B. Meyer; Mons D. Morrison; Matthew B. Magida; Paul B. Reid; James E. Harvey; Patrick L. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.407565

28 November 2000 Performance of the engineering model x-ray mirror of the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) for future GOES missions

Richard C. Catura, Marilyn E. Bruner, Paul R. Catura, Bruce K. Jurcevich, C. Kam, James R. Lemen, Syndie B. Meyer, Mons D. Morrison, Matthew B. Magida, Paul B. Reid, James E. Harvey, Patrick L. Thompson

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Proceedings Volume 4138, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions IV; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407565
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have measured the x-ray imaging performance of a grazing incidence telescope mirror, the HT #17, employing a hyperboloid-hyperboloid design. This design provides improved wide-field imaging compared to an optimally defocused Wolter Type I mirror. This improvement will be advantageous for future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) missions that will provide full disk images of the sun with the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI). The x-ray measurements were made in the X-Ray Calibration Facility (XRCF) at Marshall Space Flight Center and the results are presented here.

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Richard C. Catura, Marilyn E. Bruner, Paul R. Catura, Bruce K. Jurcevich, C. Kam, James R. Lemen, Syndie B. Meyer, Mons D. Morrison, Matthew B. Magida, Paul B. Reid, James E. Harvey, and Patrick L. Thompson "Performance of the engineering model x-ray mirror of the Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) for future GOES missions", Proc. SPIE 4138, X-Ray Optics, Instruments, and Missions IV, (28 November 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.407565

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