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- The main objective of the HINOTORI mission was the detailed study of solar flares during solar maximum. Principal investigations were (1) imaging of solar flare X rays in the range 10 to 40 keV by means of rotating modulation collimators and (2) spectroscopy of X-ray emission lines from highly ionized iron in solar flares in the range 1.7 to 2.0 A by means of a Bragg spectrometer. Wavelength scanning was achieved by the spacecraft revolution, with an offset pointing of the spin axis with respect to the sun. Investigations (1) and (2) each had a time resolution of 6 s. In addition, the following investigations were included: three solar flare X-ray monitors that recorded the time profile and spectrum of the X-ray flares in the range 2 to 20 keV, a solar flare gamma-ray detector for the range 0.2 to 9.0 MeV, a particle detector that monitored electron flux above 100 keV, and plasma probes for the measurement of electron density and temperature. Information provided by http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1981-017A Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: HINOTORI Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Solar/Space Observation Satellites Short_Name: HINOTORI End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: ASTRO-A Short_Name: Astronomical Satellite-A Short_Name: 12307 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: PARTICLE DETECTORS Short_Name: BCS End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-08-13 Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1981-017A Sample_Image: http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/get_image.php?f_id=1414&type=L Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1981-02-21 Primary_Sponsor: Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, U of Tokyo/Japan End_Group End_Group
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