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X-RAY ASTRONOMY [3 records]

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Record 1 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

The proposed [X-ray astronomy] mission would study... phenomena with four instruments : a large-area proportional counter, a phoswich detector, a four-component all-sky wide field camera array and a gamma-burst detector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
OBS

Pluriel : des sandwichs; des sandwiches.

OBS

sandwichs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Explorer 42, "Uhuru, "the first satellite totally devoted to the study of astronomical x-ray sources, was launched on December 12, 1970 from a platform off the coast of Kenya. It was the first American satellite to be launched by a foreign crew and was also the first in NASA series of Small Astronomy Satellites(SAS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Astronomy
CONT

ESA's major new gamma-ray astronomy observatory is due for launch in March 2002. The satellite carries four instruments, two large gamma-ray instruments, an X-ray monitor and an optical monitor.

Key term(s)
  • gamma ray astronomy observatory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Astronomie

Spanish

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