Chiu, Glinda (2012) Space telescopes and observatories (astronomical instruments). Orange Apple, Delhi, India. ISBN 9788132328087
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The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was the second of the NASA "Great Observatories" to be launched into space, following the Hubble Space Telescope. CGRO was named after Dr. Arthur Holly Compton (Washington University in St. Louis), Nobel prize winner, for work involved with gamma ray physics. CGRO was built by TRW (now Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems) in Redondo Beach, CA. Following 14 years of effort, the observatory was launched on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-37, on 5 April 1991 and operated until its deorbit on 4 June 2000. It was deployed in low earth orbit at 450 km (280 miles) to avoid the Van Allen radiation belt. It was the heaviest astrophysical payload ever flown at that time at 17,000 kilograms (37,000 lb). The CGRO is part of NASA's Great Observatories series, with the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. CGRO carried a complement of four instruments that covered an unprecedented six decades of the electromagnetic spectrum, from 20 keV to 30 GeV.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Electronic Books |
| Depositing User: | Esam @ Hisham Muhammad |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2022 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2022 09:03 |
| URI: | http://odlsystem2.utm.my/id/eprint/3648 |
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