The observatory is one of NASA’s four great observatories, along with the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. ITT Space Systems Division was contracted by Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC), NASA’s prime contractor for Chandra, to build the x-ray telescope for the satellite that consisted of a High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) and an Optical Bench Assembly (OBA). The HRMA consisted of four mirror sets that were co-aligned to produce a telescope showing 50 times more detail than any previous X-ray telescope. The OBA, which supports the two-ton HRMA at the fore end, remains the largest composite structure ever flown by NASA. The telescope was specially designed to detect x-ray emission from very hot regions of the universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Currently, ITT is working on several projects with NASA, including the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission that will seek to find Earth-like planets that may be nearby. ITT is on prime contractor Northrop Grumman’s James Webb Space Telescope team. JWST will provide images of the universe’s first stars and galaxies. It is expected to launch in 2014.
Chandra Has Been Noting Spatial X-Rays For Ten Years — ITT Done Good!
ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory launch.
The observatory is one of NASA’s four great observatories, along with the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. ITT Space Systems Division was contracted by Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC), NASA’s prime contractor for Chandra, to build the x-ray telescope for the satellite that consisted of a High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) and an Optical Bench Assembly (OBA). The HRMA consisted of four mirror sets that were co-aligned to produce a telescope showing 50 times more detail than any previous X-ray telescope. The OBA, which supports the two-ton HRMA at the fore end, remains the largest composite structure ever flown by NASA. The telescope was specially designed to detect x-ray emission from very hot regions of the universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Currently, ITT is working on several projects with NASA, including the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission that will seek to find Earth-like planets that may be nearby. ITT is on prime contractor Northrop Grumman’s James Webb Space Telescope team. JWST will provide images of the universe’s first stars and galaxies. It is expected to launch in 2014.
The observatory is one of NASA’s four great observatories, along with the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. ITT Space Systems Division was contracted by Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC), NASA’s prime contractor for Chandra, to build the x-ray telescope for the satellite that consisted of a High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) and an Optical Bench Assembly (OBA). The HRMA consisted of four mirror sets that were co-aligned to produce a telescope showing 50 times more detail than any previous X-ray telescope. The OBA, which supports the two-ton HRMA at the fore end, remains the largest composite structure ever flown by NASA. The telescope was specially designed to detect x-ray emission from very hot regions of the universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes. Currently, ITT is working on several projects with NASA, including the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission that will seek to find Earth-like planets that may be nearby. ITT is on prime contractor Northrop Grumman’s James Webb Space Telescope team. JWST will provide images of the universe’s first stars and galaxies. It is expected to launch in 2014.
