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<P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">The SXG is an international collaborative
mission between Russia, various international partners in Europe
and NASA. The spacecraft and launch vehicle will be provided
by IKI of Russia. The mission will carry two U.S. nstruments:
a Stellari X-Ray Polarimeter (SXRP) focal plane instrument and
a wide field Monitoring X-Ray Experiment (MOXE).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">SXRP objective is to perform
x-ray polarization measurements addressing a number of astrophysical
problems including X-ray pulsars, black holes, accretion disk
scattering, radio pulsars, supernova remnants and active GALACTIC
NUCLEI. The SXRP energy band is from 2.6 KeV to 12 KeV.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">MOXE objective is two fold: First,
to alert observers on Spectrum-X-Gamma and other platforms of
interesting<BR>
transient x-ray events. Second, to synoptically monitor the X-ray
sky and study long-term changes in X-ray binaries and other compact
objects. MOXE will be sensitive to sources as faint as 2 millicrab
and will cover the wavelength range from 2-12 KeV.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Salient Features:</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Project Start: </FONT></B><FONT
SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">1989 <B><BR>
Spacecraft Weight: </B>5700 kg <B><BR>
Planned Lifetime: </B>3 years<B> <BR>
Orbit: </B>500 Km X 200,000 Km, 51.50 inclination<B> <BR>
Launch: </B>Proton from Baikanur, Russia, TBD</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Instrument Complement:</FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial">Jet-X (UNITED KINGDOM) <BR>
Euvita (SWITZERLAND) <BR>
Six-A (FINLAND) <BR>
MOXE (NASA/LANL) <BR>
HEPC/LEPC <BR>
TAUVEX (ISRAEL) <BR>
SXRP (NASA/CU) <BR>
MART (ITALY) <BR>
KFRD (RUSSIA) <BR>
RIUS (HUNGARY) <BR>
DSI (DENMARK)</font>
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