Spektr-RG (SXG)

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• On Jul 13, 2019 Russia′s Spectrum-Rontgen-Gamma X-ray observatory was launched by Proton/DM-03 from Baykonur, after a 30 year development process. In its current form, SRG carries the Russian ART X-ray telescope and the European eROSITA X-ray telescope. eROSITA will carry out a sky survey in the relatively unexplored 2-10 keV energy band. The spacecraft is on its way to the Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 point.