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Luxel's Filters Perform for Diverse Applications

Luxel is the preeminent supplier of filters for X-ray and EUV astronomy and has provided critical components for many significant space missions.  Each project below is linked for further information.

Skylab

Spectroheliograph

X-Ray Telescope

Voyager 1 & 2

Atmospheric Explorers (AE)

Lunar Orbiter

Orbiting Solar Observatories

Giotto - European Space Operations

SMM X-Ray Polychromator

Stanford/MSFC Multispectral Solar Telescope Array

YOHKOH/Soft X-ray Telescope

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE)

ROSAT
(Roentgen Satellite) XUV Wide Field Camera
HRI X-High Resolution Imager

SOHO
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT)

ALEXIS

ASTRO-D (ASCA)

Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly AXAF)

High Resolution Camera (HRC)

CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS)

ASTRO-E & -E2 X-ray Spectrometer (XRS)

SAX

CLUSTER

ORFEUS-SPAS II

Cassini

Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) 

Solar EUV Research Telescope & Spectrograph (SERTS) 


Luxel collaborates on space astronomy programs either with fixed-price contracts tied to hardwLuxel collaborates on space astronomy programs either with fixed-price contracts tied to hardware deliveries or by quotation for specific features, such as mission filters.  Luxel can provide the following services:

> Determine filter design, if necessary

> Prototype filters for customer-performed vibration and acoustic testing and transmission measurements

> Prototype filters for formal qualification tests

> Flight filters and flight spares

> Certification of materials and workmanship

> Witness test filters

> In-house storage of sample materials, for long-term aging tests, if requested
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