Advanced X-Ray Imaging Satellite

Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) is a space telescope under development by NASA for launch in 2032.^[1] It is a NASA Probe mission concept designed for high angular resolution X-Ray imaging.^[2] The mission goals are to examine galaxies over cosmic time, feedback in galaxies, Black Hole strong gravity, Dual AGN, the high redshift universe.

AXIS

Mission type	Space observatory
Operator	NASA
Website	blog.umd.edu/axis/
Mission duration	5 years primary
Start of mission
Launch date	2032 (planned)
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Low Earth Orbit
Main
Type	X-Ray
Focal length	9 metres
Collecting area	0.36 m2 (4 sq ft) at 1 keV
Wavelengths	X-Ray: 0.3-10 keV
Resolution	1.5 arcseconds across the entire field of view
Probe ← Chandra X-Ray Observatory

History

The Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS), a response to NASA's Astrophysics Probe Explorer (APEX) program.

Instruments

The X-ray grazing incident mirror would be developed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and combines 10,000 mirror segments made from silicon, grouped into 10 shells. The detector is an array of CCDs giving a field of view of about 24 arcminutes and a spatial resolution of about 1.5 arcsecond over the entire field.

See also

• List of proposed space observatories
• International X-ray Observatory