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BeppoSAX

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | © A Dictionary of Astronomy 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

BeppoSAX An Italian X-ray astronomy mission with participation from the Netherlands and ESA, launched in 1996April. It is named after the Italian astronomer Giuseppe (‘Beppo’) Paolo Stanislao Occhialini (1907–93); SAX is the acronym for ‘Satellite per Astronomia a raggi X’. The satellite carried a range of instruments for broad-band timing and spectroscopy over the energy range 0.1–300 keV. BeppoSAX made spectroscopic studies of X‐ray sources and looked for gamma‐ray bursts (GRB), observing the first GRB X‐ray afterglow. It ceased operation in 2002April and re‐entered the atmosphere a year later. http://www.asdc.asi.it/bepposax/

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