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Chandra X-ray Observatory
X-ray Visionary
Agency
NASA
Mission Cost
$1.5B
Target
Black Holes
Launched
1999-07-23
Type
Spectrometer
Mirror
1.2 m
Resolution
0.5 arcsec
Data Output
0.5 TB/year
“Chandra can detect X-rays from objects billions of light-years away!”