The Ariel V Satellite
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Mission Characteristics
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- Experiments aligned with the spin axis.
- Rotation Modulation Collimator (RMC) (0.3-30 keV).
- High resolution proportional counter spectrometer.
- Polarimeter/spectrometer.
- Scintillation telescope.
- All-Sky Monitor (ASM) a small (~1 cm2) pinhole camera (3-6 keV).
- Sky Survey Instrument (SSI) composite of two proportional counters with 290 cm2 effective area each (1.5-20 keV).
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- Long-term monitoring of numerous X-ray sources.
- Discovery of several long period (minutes) X-ray pulsars.
- Discovery of several bright X-ray transients probably containing a Black Hole (e.g. A0620-00=Nova Mon 1975).
- Establishing that Seyfert I galaxies (AGN) are a class of X-ray emitters.
- Discovery of iron line emission in extragalactic sources.
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