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astro-ph.IM2024

Simulation Studies for the First Pathfinder of the CATCH Space Mission

Yiming Huang, Juan Zhang, Lian Tao +42

The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is an intelligent constellation consisting of 126 micro-satellites in three types (A, B, and C), designed for…

astro-ph.HE2025

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission -- eXTP for launch in 2030

Shuang-Nan Zhang, Andrea Santangelo, Yupeng Xu +155

In this paper we present the current status of the enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission, which has been fully approved for launch in 2030. eXTP is a space science mission…

astro-ph.IM2024

Ground calibration and network of the first CATCH pathfinder

Yiming Huang, Jingyu Xiao, Lian Tao +53

The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission is focused on exploring the dynamic universe via X-ray follow-up observations of various transients. The firs…

astro-ph.IM2019

In-orbit calibration status of the Insight-HXMT

Xiaobo Li, Liming Song, Xufang Li +2

As China's first X-ray astronomical satellite, Insight-HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope) successfully launched on Jun 15, 2017. It performs timing and spectral studies of brig…

astro-ph.IM2023

In-orbit background simulation of a type-B CATCH satellite

Jingyu Xiao, Liqiang Qi, Shuang-Nan Zhang +23

The Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters (CATCH) space mission plans to launch three types of micro-satellites (A, B, and C). The type-B CATCH satellites are dedicated to l…

astro-ph.IM2021

Estimate of the Background and Sensitivity of theFollow-up X-ray Telescope onboard Einstein Probe

Juan Zhang, Liqiang Qi, Yanji Yang +15

As a space X-ray imaging mission dedicated to time-domain astrophysics, the Einstein Probe (EP) carries two kinds of scientific payloads, the wide-field X-ray telescope (WXT) and t…