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Cos-B

(1970s satellite for studying gamma rays)

Cos-B was a European gamma-ray space telescope. It was launched by NASA in 1975 on behalf of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO), with a 2.5 year primary mission, extended to over six years.


(telescope,spacecraft,European,gamma rays,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos-B
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cos-B_overview2
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cos-b
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosb/cosb.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977NASCP...2...29./abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981ApJ...243L..69S/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983SSRv...36...61H/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
248×10-18m1.3YHz5GeVbeginCos-B
620pm484PHz2keVendCos-B
PrefixExample  
2CG2CG 135+01second catalog
CGCG 353+16 

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