The ABRIXAS
mission was designed to observe the X-ray sky in the energy band
0.5-10 keV. It was planned to scan the sky continuously for three
years with an imaging telescope, resulting in an all-sky survey.
After the succesful launch of the ABRIXAS satellite on April 28th 1999
it turned out that there was a failure in the satellite's power system.
On July 1st 1999 DLR has declared that the scientific
mission of ABRIXAS failed. For more information see
press release (in German).
