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Joint European Telescope for X ray astronomy

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Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy

The Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy (JET-X) was a space telescope which was constructed as part of the Spectrum-X-Gamma project and completed in 1994 but never actually launched. It is now on display in the Science Museum, London.

It was a join cooperation of the UK, Italy, West Germany and the Soviet Union and consists of two Wolter I X-ray telescopes.

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Joint European Telescope for X-ray astronomy Wikipedia