The Generation-X mission: benefits of a heavy lift capability

Paper number

IAC-08.D2.8.8

Author

Dr. Roger J. Brissenden, Smithsonian Institution, United States

Year

2008

Abstract

Roger J. Brissenden,
Paul Gorenstein, Michael Juda, Stephen L. O'Dell, Paul B. Reid, Daniel A. Schwartz



Generation-X (Gen-X) is a large area, high angular resolution X-ray telescope to follow Chandra, XMM-Newton, XEUS and Constellation-X. We discuss the scientific goals of the mission, the mission architecture and technology challenges, and show how a heavy-lift capability such as Ares V streamlines the Gen-X architecture and reduces mission costs. We emphasize the mission design trades driven by shroud dimensions and lift capability.

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IAC-08.D2.8.8.pdf

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