The ROSAT Mission

On June 1, 1990 the German X-ray observatory ROSAT started its mission to open a new era in X-ray astronomy. Doubtless, this is the most ambitious project realized up to now in the short history of this young astronomical discipline. Equipped with the largest imaging X-ray telescope ever inserted into an earth orbit ROSAT has provided a tremendous amount of new scientific data and insights.

1990年6月1日，德国X射线天文观测站ROSAT启动了其使命，旨在开启X射线天文学的新纪元。无疑，这在短促而年轻的该天文学科的历史中，是一项迄今为止最为宏伟的项目。ROSAT配备了迄今为止被送入地球轨道的最大成像X射线望远镜，为科学界提供了海量新的数据与洞见。