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EXOSAT ceased operations on 9 April 1986, at the end of its design lifespan. Natural decay of the orbit caused the satellite to enter the atmosphere on 6 May 1986.

Post-operational Activities:

  • Creation of EXOSAT database system, incorporating data from all the instruments, plus quick-look analysis results from spectral fitting. Associated software (such as BROWSE, XSPEC) now running on many sites worldwide
  • Creation of Interactive Analysis software suite, for creating FITS data format from FOT data versions of, for example, spectra and lightcurves
  • Establishment of EXOSAT archive containing final-observation tapes (FOTS) of most observations. FOTS now stored online at ESTEC
Last Update: 1 September 2019
8-Feb-2025 06:27 UT

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