XCOR Lynx slated to fly new suborbital telescope
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
Commercial space company XCOR Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Planetary Science Institute, laying the groundwork for flying a human-operated telescope on board XCORs Lynx spacecraft. The Atsa Suborbital Observatory is a specially designed telescope for use in suborbital space vehicles, and when used with commercial suborbital vehicles, PSI says it will provide low-cost space-based observations above the contaminating atmosphere of Earth, while avoiding some operational constraints of satellite telescope systems.