Gamma-ray Astronomy - Try This!

Gamma-ray Astronomy

Try this!

Fill in the chart below by placing checking the boxes that contain a characteristic for each satellite.

Characteristics
Satellite	Used in the 1960's or 1970's	Detects Gamma rays	Confirmed findings of Gamma ray background	Designed to detect flashes from nuclear bomb explosions	First to detect gamma rays from deep space	Used in the 1980's to study gamma rays from deep space	Carried instruments that have increased spacial and temporal resolution of gamma ray observations
OSO-3
SAS-2
COS-B
Vela Satellite Series
Soviet Venera Spacecraft
Pioneer Venus Orbiter
CGRO

This activity was developed by Kim Cochrane, Bowie High School, Bowie Maryland.

A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Andy Ptak (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC