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    Explorer (RXTE) was a NASA satellite that observed the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, named after physicist Bruno Rossi. The RXTE had three...
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    Cherenkov telescopes (IACT). Examples of Observatories of the first type are RXTE, the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Examples...
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  • (2006), "The Rates of Type I X-Ray Bursts from Transients Observed with RXTE: Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons", Astrophysical Journal, 646 (1):...
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  • Million Mile Per Hour Winds". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-02-22. NASA.gov, "NASA's RXTE Detects 'Heartbeat' of Smallest Black Hole Candidate", 2011.12.15 (accessed...
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    Past missions managed by GSFC include the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, SMM, COBE, IUE, and ROSAT. Founded as Beltsville...
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    active from the 1980s to the early 2000s: the HEAO Program, EXOSAT, Ginga, RXTE, ROSAT, ASCA, as well as BeppoSAX, which detected the first afterglow of...
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    (CGRO) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) NASA Earth Observatory Goddard Earth Observing System Lunar Reconnaissance...
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    observatories in orbit – among them: Chandra, the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), and the European observatories XMM-Newton, Integral and NuSTAR. Lewin has...
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    Archived from the original on June 8, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-28. "The RXTE Mission is Approaching the End of Science Operations". 2012-01-04. Archived...
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  • much lower than the normal daytime level. The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), an X-ray satellite, received its strongest signal from this burst at this...
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