Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

19914 instrumentsNASA

LocationSpace

Year1991

Size4 instruments

OperatorNASA

About Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

One of the four Great Observatories, with Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer. At 17 tonnes it was the heaviest scientific payload of its time. Its burst monitors showed gamma-ray bursts come from every direction. Also discovered gamma-ray flashes above thunderstorms. Deorbited into the Pacific in 2000.

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