Cos-B
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European space mission
Mission type | Astronomy |
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Operator | ESA |
COSPAR ID | 1975-072A |
SATCAT no. | 08062 |
Mission duration | 2.5 years (planned) 10 years, 5 months and 8 days (achieved) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 August 1975, 01:48:00 UTC |
Rocket | Vandenberg Air Force Base, SLC-2W |
End of mission | |
Decay date | 18 January 1986 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
COS-B was the first
ESRO on 9 August 1975. The mission was completed on 25 April 1982, after the satellite had been operational for more than 6.5 years, four years longer than planned and had increased the amount of data on gamma rays by a factor of 25. Scientific results included the 2CG Catalogue listing around 25 gamma ray sources and a map of the Milky Way. The satellite also observed the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3
.
Launch
COS-B was launched from
Vandenberg Air Force Base
on 9 August 1975 on a Delta 2913 rocket.
External links
- Cos-B overview at esa.int
- Cos-B overview at ESA science & technology pages
- Scientific results of Cos-B at ESA
- Cos-B overview at NASA
Wikimedia Commons has media related to COS-B.
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