Lynx X-ray Observatory
The Lynx X-ray Observatory | |
| Names | Lynx X-ray Surveyor (previous name) |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Space telescope |
| Operator | NASA |
| Website | www |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2036 (proposed) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun–Earth L2 orbit |
| Main | |
| Type | Wolter telescope |
| Diameter | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Focal length | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Collecting area | 2 m2 (22 sq ft) at 1 keV |
| Wavelengths | X-ray |
| Resolution | 0.5 arcsec across the entire field of view |
| Instruments | |
| Lynx X-ray Mirror Assembly (LMA) High Definition X-ray Imager (HDXI) Lynx X-ray Microcalorimeter (LXM) X-ray Grating Spectrometer (XGS) | |
The Lynx X-ray Observatory Wordmark | |
The Lynx X-ray Observatory (Lynx) is a NASA-funded Large Mission Concept Study commissioned as part of the National Academy of Sciences 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. The concept study phase is complete as of August 2019, and the Lynx final report has been submitted to the Decadal Survey for prioritization. If launched, Lynx would be the most powerful X-ray astronomy observatory constructed to date, enabling order-of-magnitude advances in capability over the current Chandra X-ray Observatory and XMM-Newton space telescopes.