Repository details

The ROSAT Mission

Name of repository
The ROSAT Mission
Additional name(s)
  • x-ray satellite
  • Rönten-Astronomie-Wave
Repository URL
https://www.mpe.mpg.de/ROSAT
Subject(s)
Description
On June 1, 1990 the German X-ray observatory ROSAT started its mission to open a new era in X-ray astronomy. Doubtless, this is the most ambitious project realized up to now in the short history of this young astronomical discipline. Equipped with the largest imaging X-ray telescope ever inserted into an earth orbit ROSAT has provided a tremendous amount of new scientific data and insights.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: mpe@mpe.mpg.de
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
about 80.000 cosmic X-ray sources; 6000 sources in the extreme ultraviolet regime
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://projects.mpe.mpg.de/heg/rosat/mission/rosat/mission.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • German
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Started
1990-06-01

Institutions (8)

Institution name
Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Additional name(s)
  • Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
  • formerly: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • BMFTR
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
German Aerospace Center
Additional name(s)
  • DLR
  • DARA
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Goddard Space Flight Center, High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Additional name(s)
  • HEASARC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam
Additional name(s)
  • AIP
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Leicester University
Additional name(s)
  • LU
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Additional name(s)
  • Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
  • MPE
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Additional name(s)
  • SAO
Institution identifier(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Universität Tübingen, Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik
Additional name(s)
  • IAAT
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (1)

Policy name
Data Protection Information

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

Data license
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Quality management
yes
Profile(s)

Remarks

Remarks
On 23 October 2011 at 03:50 CEST, the German research satellite ROSAT re-entered the atmosphere over the Bay of Bengal; it is not known whether any parts of the satellite reached Earth's surface. Determination of the time and location of re-entry was based on the evaluation of data provided by international partners, including the USA. Another access to mission data at https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/rra/RRA.html
Entry date
2013-06-13
Last update
2026-02-13
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re3data.org: The ROSAT Mission; editing status 2026-02-13; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3RC8F last accessed: 2026-03-15