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Small Astronomy Satellite 2

(SAS 2, SAS-B, Explorer 48)
(1970s NASA gamma ray space telescope)

Small Astronomy Satellite 2 (SAS 2 or SAS-B) was a NASA gamma-ray space telescope launched in 1972, in operation into 1973. It was the second in a series of three 1970s NASA satellites called the Small Astronomical Satellite program.


(telescope,gamma rays,spacecraft,NASA,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Astronomy_Satellite_2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ray_astronomy#Early_history
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/sas2/sas2.html
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/missions/sas.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1971ICRC....4.1559F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1973ApJ...186L..99F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ICRC....1...29F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1975ApJ...200L..79T/abstract
WaveLFreqPhoton
Energy
  
1.3×10-15m242ZHz1GeVbeginSmall Astronomy Satellite 2
62×10-15m4.9ZHz20MeVendSmall Astronomy Satellite 2

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