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Title

Artist’s Impression of the Explorer 11 in Orbit

Description

Explorer 11, the first gamma-ray detection satellite flown, was launched on April 27, 1961. The satellite could not be actively pointed, so it was put into a tumble in order to get a "rough" scan of the entire celestial sphere..

Subject

  • Explorer 11
  • Observatory (space-based)

Credits

NASA.

Type

Artwork

Associated Lesson

X-Ray Science

This material is based upon work supported by NASA under Grant Nos. NNX09AD33G and NNX10AE80G issued through the SMD ROSES 2009 Program.

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