Cos-B photograph

Cos-B

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Launch dateAugust 9, 1975
Manufacturers European Space Agency
Launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base
Mission type Astronomy
Operator European Space Agency
Decay dateJanuary 18, 1986
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About Cos-B


COS-B was the first European Space Research Organisation mission to study cosmic gamma ray sources. COS-B was first put forward by the European scientific community in the mid-1960s and approved by the ESRO council in 1969.

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