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Cos-B
ESA
Launch Year: 1975
Agency: European Space Agency (ESA
For more information: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=34
Launched from California, Cos-B was ESA's first satellite
dedicated to a single experiment &emdash; in this
case, detecting gamma rays. The Caravane Collaboration,
a collection of research laboratories throughout Western
Europe, directed the project. Over six years, Cos-B
provided important gamma-ray data, most significantly
the first complete map of the Milky Way in gamma rays.
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