Back Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics Catalan Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics German Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics Spanish تلسکوپ پیشرفته برای اخترفیزیک با انرژی بالا Persian ATHENA French Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics Italian Advanced telescope for high-energy astrophysics Dutch Афина (космическая обсерватория) Russian 先进高能天体物理学望远镜 Chinese
| Names | Athena | ||||||
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| Mission type | Space telescope | ||||||
| Operator | European Space Agency (ESA) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Mission duration | 4 years (planned) | ||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||
| Launch date | 2035 (planned)[1] | ||||||
| Rocket | Ariane 64 | ||||||
| Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais | ||||||
| Contractor | Arianespace | ||||||
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| Reference system | L2 point (baseline) | ||||||
| Main telescope | |||||||
| Type | X-ray telescope | ||||||
| Focal length | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||||
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Advanced Telescope for High-ENergy Astrophysics (Athena)[1][2] is an X-ray observatory mission selected by European Space Agency (ESA) within its Cosmic Vision program[3] to address the Hot and Energetic Universe scientific theme. Athena will operate in the energy range of 0.2–12 keV and will offer spectroscopic and imaging capabilities exceeding those of currently operating X-ray astronomy satellites – e.g. the Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton – by at least one order of magnitude on several parameter spaces simultaneously.
- ^ a b "Athena: Mission Summary". ESA. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "The Athena X-ray Observatory: Community Support Portal". ESA. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "ESA's new vision to study the invisible universe". ESA. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.