Objectives
The main objectives of the mission were:
- To survey the sky for cosmic X-ray sources in the 2-20 keV range to a limiting sensitivity of 1.5 × 10−11 ergs/(cm2-sec), 5 × 10−4 the flux from the Crab Nebula
- To determine discrete source locations with a precision of a few square minutes of arc for strong sources and a few tenths of a square degree at the sensitivity limit
- To study the structure of extended sources or complex regions with a resolution of about 30 arc minutes
- To determine gross spectral features and variability of X-ray sources
- To perform, wherever possible, coordinated and/or simultaneous observations of X-ray objects with other observers.
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“Along the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every vocation is chosen and entered upon as a means to a purpose but is ultimately continued as a final purpose in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent stupidity in which we indulge ourselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)