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Space telescope CGRO. Artwork.

author: L.Bret/Novapix

reference: e-sou01-59001

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 23 cm

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was the second of NASA's Great Observatories. Compton, at 17 tons, was the heaviest astrophysical payload ever flown at the time of its launch on April 5, 1991 aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Compton was safely deorbited and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on June 4, 2000.

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1991 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - CGRO - COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY - GAMMA - GAMMA RAY - ILLUSTRATION - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - STAR -