Satellite
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA’s X-ray telescope, launched in 1999 on a highly elliptical orbit that takes it a third of the way to the Moon. It studies black holes, supernova remnants and galaxy clusters.
- Catalogue name
- CXO
- NORAD ID
- 25867
- Owner
- United States
- Launched
- July 23, 1999
- Altitude (perigee – apogee)
- 12,656 – 136,202 km
- Orbital period
- 3,809.6 min
- Inclination
- 57.9°