BBXRT Gallery
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Artist's conception of Astro-1 in flight
Diagram of the Astro-1 shuttle payload
which shows that the
BBXRT is the instrument package at the back of the shuttle cargo bay.
The instruments in the front consist of the other Astro-1 instruments:
the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
(UIT), and Wisconsin Ultraviolet Planetary Photometry Experiment
(WUPPE).
Diagram of the BBXRT support structure
Diagram of the BBXRT telescope
Relative orientation and offset of the BBXRT pixels
BBRXT telescope being prepared for insertion in the shuttle