Extended Mission
NuSTAR
NuSTAR uses a deployable mast to focus hard X-rays, revealing black holes, supernova remnants and compact objects in a high-energy band that earlier observatories could not image sharply.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Observatory
TYPE
Telescope
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NASA
LAUNCH DATE
Jun 13, 2012
LAUNCH SITE
Cape Canaveral
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
540
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
95.44
INCLINATION · DEG
6.03
APOGEE · KM
544
PERIGEE · KM
535
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