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The in-orbit performance of the Exosat gas scintillation proportional counter

Manzo, G.; Taylor, B. G.; Peacock, A. +2 more

The European X-ray observatory satellite Exosat, launched in May 1983, carries a scientific payload of four instruments designed to study the properties of cosmic X-ray sources. The present investigation is concerned with one of these instruments, taking into account the gas scintillation proportional counter (GSPC) spectrometer. Attention is give…