Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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former NASA space observatory
Key facts
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Operator
- NASA
- Cospar id
- 1991-027B
- Website
- heasarc .gsfc .nasa .gov /docs /cgro /cossc /
- Mission duration
- 9 years, 2 months
- Manufacturer
- TRW Inc.
- Launch mass
- 16,329 kilograms (35,999 lb)
- Power
- 2000.0 Watts
- Launch date
- 5 April 1991, 14:22:45 ( 1991-04-05UTC14:22:45Z ) UTC
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle Atlantis , STS-37
- Launch site
- Kennedy LC-39B
- Decay date
- 4 June 2000, 23:29:55 ( 2000-06-04UTC23:29:56 ) UTC
- Reference system
- Geocentric
- Regime
- Low Earth
- Perigee altitude
- 362 kilometres (225 mi)
- Apogee altitude
- 457 kilometres (284 mi)
- Inclination
- 28.4610 degrees
- Period
- 91.59 minutes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 15620
- Official website
- cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Image
- Cartoon CGRO.jpg
- Width
- 21.3
- Length
- 9.1
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- Commons category
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 2000-06-04
- end of work period
- 2000-06-04
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1991-04-05
- maximum wavelength of sensitivity
- 40
- minimum wavelength of sensitivity
- 60
- time of object orbit decay
- 2000-06-04
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