Yohkoh

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Yohkoh

(1990s Japanese solar observatory spacecraft)

Yohkoh (Japanese for "Sunbeam") was a space solar observatory launched by Japan in 1991. It was operational until 2001 and burned on reentry in 2005. Instruments:

SXT "Soft X-ray Telescope".
HXT "Hard X-ray Telescope".
BCS "Bragg Crystal spectrometer".
WBS "Wide Band Spectrometer".

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http://science.nasa.gov/missions/yohkoh/

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