BackForwardInstrument:  GXRE/SOXS 

Instrument details
Acronym GXRE/SOXS
Full name Goddard X-Ray Experiment / Soft X-Ray Spectrometer
Purpose Observation of solar X-rays
Short description Spectrometer for soft X-ray emissions from solar flares, range 20-300 keV
Background Part of the Goddard X-Ray Experiment (GXRE)
Scanning Technique Sun pointing from a low-inclination LEO
Resolution N/A (full disk)
Coverage / Cycle Full solar disk each about 1 s
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1997 to 1996
Last update: 2017-05-19
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Solar activity monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Solar magnetograph, solar EUV/X-ray imagery and EUV/X-ray irradiance, both on the Earth-Sun line and off the Earth-Sun line
  • Solar X-ray spectrometer [from L1, GEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Solar X-ray flux spectrum
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Solar X-ray flux spectrum*1 - primaryNo specific limitation.High spectral resolution, wide dynamic range