... satellites^3.1

Unlike ASCA, NASA DSN stations will not be used, since a 4Mbps down-link is not possible at DSN stations.

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... (COR)^4.1

Suzaku is protected from solar and cosmic-ray particles by the geomagnetic field. The COR is an indicator of the minimum momentum required for a particle to reach a specific location, given the average geomagnetic field configuration.

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... (XIS)^7.1

The XIS quick reference (http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/$\sim$tsujimot/pg_xis.pdf) gives a concise summary of the instrument with a particular focus on aiding observation planning.

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... sources^7.2

There is one more $^{55}$Fe calibration source installed on the door. This source was used only during initial operations before the door opened, and is no more available.

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... sensors^7.3

XIS2 is currently out of use.

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... details^8.1

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/analysis/gso_newgain.html and
http://www.astro.isas.jaxa.jp/suzakku/analysis/hxd/gsoarf2/

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...500 V ^8.2

The bias voltage of one out of four high-voltage units has been reduced to 400V since 2006 May 29, due to the in-orbit damage of a PIN diode. On October 3, 2006, another bias was also set to 400V. In total, half of the PIN diodes are operated with a 400V bias, and the other half with 500V. This affected the total effective area of the PIN diodes on a $\sim 6$% level, only.

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... (1987)^8.3

The spectral model is given by:
$9.412 \times 10^{-3} \times (E/{\rm keV})^{-1.29} \times \exp(-E/{\rm 40 keV}) {\rm [photons s^{-1} cm^{-2} keV^{-1} FOV^{-1}]}$. For more details, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/suzaku/analysis/abc/node10.html.

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