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Artists conception of the IXO spacecraft.
IXO builds on three decades of successful X-ray telescope development, including the currently operating Chandra X-ray Observatory (NASA) and XMM-Newton mission (ESA). The spacecraft configuration for IXO features a single large X-ray mirror assembly and an extendible optical bench, with a focal length of ~20 m, and a suite of focal plane instruments. Areas of technology development include X-ray optics, detector and cooling systems.
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