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 CGRO deployed in 1991 | |||||||||||
| Mission type | Astronomy | ||||||||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 1991-027B | ||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 21225 | ||||||||||
| Website | heasarc | ||||||||||
| Mission duration | 9 years, 2 months | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||
| Manufacturer | TRW Inc. | ||||||||||
| Launch mass | 16,329 kilograms (35,999 lb) | ||||||||||
| Power | 2000.0 Watts | ||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||
| Launch date | 5 April 1991, 14:22:45 UTC | ||||||||||
| Rocket | Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-37 | ||||||||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B | ||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||
| Decay date | 4 June 2000, 23:29:55 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.006998 | ||||||||||
| Perigee altitude | 362 kilometres (225 mi) | ||||||||||
| Apogee altitude | 457 kilometres (284 mi) | ||||||||||
| Inclination | 28.4610 degrees | ||||||||||
| Period | 91.59 minutes | ||||||||||
| RAAN | 68.6827 degrees | ||||||||||
| Epoch | 7 April 1991, 18:37:00 UTC | ||||||||||
| Main Telescopes (Four) | |||||||||||
| Type | Scintillation detectors | ||||||||||
| Focal length | Varied by instrument | ||||||||||
| Collecting area | Varied by instrument | ||||||||||
| Wavelengths | X-ray to γ-ray, 20 keV – 30 GeV (40 pm – 60 am) | ||||||||||
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