Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Gamma-ray survey. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1975-072; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 August 1975, 01:50:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Vandenberg AFB, California
- Launch vehicle
- Delta 2913
- Orbit
- Very high Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 12 May 1982
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
COS-B
Gamma-ray survey.
- GCAT ID
- S08062
- Manufacturer
- MBB/AESPC
- Launch mass
- 278 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.2 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 1.7 m span
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