Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager

Details

Instance of

solar observatory, space telescope, artificial satellite of the Earth, former entity

Part of

Explorers Program, Small Explorer program

Follows

Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, Wide-Field Infrared Explorer

Followed by

Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer, Galaxy Evolution Explorer

Operator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

country of origin

United States

dissolved, abolished or demolished

20 April 2023

height

2.16 m

launch contractor

Orbital Sciences Corporation

manufacturer

Spectrum Astro

mass

293, 230

powered by

spacecraft solar array

principal investigator

Robert Lin, Säm Krucker

service retirement

16 August 2018

significant event

rocket launch, service retirement, atmospheric entry

space launch vehicle

Pegasus

spacecraft bus

SA-200B

start point

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip, Stargazer

time of object orbit decay

20 April 2023

UTC date of spacecraft launch

5 February 2002

width

5.76 m, 1.1 m