Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX)

The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) is one of the 10 instruments that are part of the scientific payload for the ESA Solar Orbiter Mission. The STIX instrument is an X-ray imager whose purpose is to study the extremely hot solar plasma and flare-accelerated high-energy electrons accelerated. It can detect solar X-rays from 4 to 150 keV. It is currently in development for a targeted launch of Solar Orbiter in 2017. It is being built by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland.

External links

• The STIX homepage
• The spectrometer/telescope for imaging X-rays on board the ESA Solar Orbiter spacecraft