Artist's impression of COS-B 02 November 2004 Artist's impression of COS-B Read more
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Cos-B was ESA's first satellite dedicated to a single experiment. Its scientific mission was to study in detail the sources of extra-terrestrial gamma radiation at energies above about 30 MeV. The originally foreseen duration of the mission was two years, but in fact Cos-B functioned successfully for 6 years and 8 months. During this time an extensive survey of the Galaxy was made in the energy range 50 MeV to 5 GeV.
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Milky Way in Gamma Rays 15 December 1979 Milky Way in Gamma Rays Read more
Gamma Ray Emissivity Distribution 15 December 1989 Gamma Ray Emmisivity Distribution Read more
Cos-B Orbit 01 January 2003 Cos-B Orbit Read more
