The Spectrum-RG telescope helps to see 3 million galaxies

The Spectrum-RG astrophysical observatory project (scheduled to be launched in 2011) will have a target for space exploration with X-rays and gamma rays. Observing the entire sky for the first time with X-rays will allow the discovery of hundreds of thousands of ultra-black holes hiding, 3 million new galaxies are active and 100 thousand new galaxies.

Mikhail Pavlinski, deputy director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, affirmed that the Spectrum-RG's new observation capabilities will allow for the exploration of the most complex problems of the universe.

The Spectrum-RG Observatory will include eRosita X-ray telescopes from Germany, a Lobster X-ray telescope that simulates lobster eyes with a wide view of the UK, many Russian instruments such as a focused telescope X-ray ART-XC, a GRBM machine detects gamma-ray bursts, a Spin-X X-ray telescope and a BLUS computer.

The observatory will be put into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket. Two observation radio scenarios are currently being studied: Baikonour (Kazakhstan) with Souz-FG missiles from Korou (French Guyane) with Soyuz-ST missiles.

If Baikonour is selected, the observatory will be placed on a 600km high orbit at a tilt of at least 30 degrees. In the case of takeoff from Kourou, the orbit will have an altitude of 600km and a tilt of less than 5 ^o .

The take-off observatory will weigh nearly 2,100kg and is expected to operate for 7 years, with the possibility of an additional 10 years.

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