Status and future of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Abstract
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and its four experiment packages continue to function in a nearly flawless manner now well into the sixth year of mission operations. We discuss the status of the mission as of mid-1997, as well as the prospects of an extended mission lasting into the next century.
- Publication:
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Proceedings of the Fourth Compton Symposium
- Pub Date:
- May 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.54039
- Bibcode:
- 1997AIPC..410....3G
- Keywords:
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- 95.55.Ka;
- 98.70.Rz;
- 95.85.Pw;
- X- and gamma-ray telescopes and instrumentation;
- gamma-ray sources;
- gamma-ray bursts;
- gamma-ray