Review Article
Focusing X-Ray Optics for Astronomy
Table 2
Future missions with focusing X-ray telescopes.
| | Mission or telescope | Agencies or countries | capabilities | Nominal launch date |
| | International X-Ray Observatory (IXO) | NASA/ESA/JAXA | High-Resolution, High-Throughput X-ray Spectroscopy with Cryogenic Detectors and Dispersive GratingsSoft/Hard X-ray Imaging X-ray Polarimetry and Timing | 202? | | NuSTAR | NASA | Hard X-ray Imaging | 2012 | | eRosita (SRG) [76] | Germany/Russia | X-ray Survey | 2012 | | Astro-H | Japan (JAXA) | X-ray Spectroscopy with Cryogenic DetectorHard X-Ray Imaging | 2013 | | GEMS | NASA | X-Pay Polarimetry | 2014 | | New Hard X-ray Mission (NHXM) | Italy (with collaborators) | Soft/Hard X-rayImaging X-Ray Polarimetry | To be determined | | Wide Field X-ray Telescope (WXFT) | Italy/US | Cluster Evolution Medium Deep Survey | To be determined | | Generation-X | NASA (funded study) | High angular resolution active optics, Very large collecting area, High Res. Spectroscopy, Polarization, and Timing. | Concept, Requires New Technology |
|
|
