The MAXI mission operation plan

Shiro Ueno; Masaru Matsuoka; Kazuyoshi Kawasaki; Hiroshi Tomida; Yasuki Adachi; Mitsuhiro Kohama; Motoko Suzuki; Masaki Ishikawa; Haruyoshi Katayama; Tatehiro Mihara; Mutsumi Sugizaki; Naoki Isobe; Hiroshi Tsunemi; Emi Miyata; Nobuyuki Kawai; Jun Kataoka; Atsumasa Yoshida; Kazutaka Yamaoka; Hitoshi Negoro; Motoki Nakajima; Mikio Morii; Yoshihiro Ueda; Satoshi Eguchi

doi:10.1117/12.788582

The MAXI mission operation plan

Shiro Ueno^*, Masaru Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Tomida, Yasuki Adachi, Mitsuhiro Kohama, Motoko Suzuki, Masaki Ishikawa, Haruyoshi Katayama, Tatehiro Mihara, Mutsumi Sugizaki, Naoki Isobe, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Emi Miyata, Nobuyuki Kawai, Jun Kataoka, Atsumasa Yoshida, Kazutaka Yamaoka, Hitoshi Negoro, Motoki NakajimaMikio Morii, Yoshihiro Ueda, Satoshi Eguchi

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Abstract

Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is an X-ray all-sky monitor, which will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by a space shuttle crew in early 2009, to scan almost the entire sky once every 96 minutes for a mission life of two to five years. The detection sensitivity will be 5 mCrab (5σ level) for a one-day MAXI operation, 2 mCrab for one week, and 1 mCrab for one month, reaching a source confusion limit of 0.2 mCrab in two years. In this paper, brief descriptions are presented for the MAXI mission and payload, and three operation phases, 1) the launch-to-docking phase, 2) the initial in-orbit calibration phase, and 3) the routine operation phase. We also describes the MAXI data product and its release plan for public users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788582
Publication status	Published - 2008 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Marseille, France Duration: 2008 Jun 23 → 2008 Jun 28

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7011
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	France
City	Marseille
Period	08/6/23 → 08/6/28

Keywords

All-sky x-ray monitor
ISS
Jem
Kibo
MAXI
X-ray astronomy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ueno, S., Matsuoka, M., Kawasaki, K., Tomida, H., Adachi, Y., Kohama, M., Suzuki, M., Ishikawa, M., Katayama, H., Mihara, T., Sugizaki, M., Isobe, N., Tsunemi, H., Miyata, E., Kawai, N., Kataoka, J., Yoshida, A., Yamaoka, K., Negoro, H., ... Eguchi, S. (2008). The MAXI mission operation plan. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray [70112N] (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7011). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788582

Ueno, S, Matsuoka, M, Kawasaki, K, Tomida, H, Adachi, Y, Kohama, M, Suzuki, M, Ishikawa, M, Katayama, H, Mihara, T, Sugizaki, M, Isobe, N, Tsunemi, H, Miyata, E, Kawai, N, Kataoka, J, Yoshida, A, Yamaoka, K, Negoro, H, Nakajima, M, Morii, M, Ueda, Y & Eguchi, S 2008, The MAXI mission operation plan. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 70112N, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Marseille, France, 08/6/23. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788582

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