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    Cos B. Satellite Programme

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    • Title Cos B. Satellite Programme
    • Released: 24/02/2011
    • Length 00:14:18
    • Language English
    • Footage Type Documentary
    • Copyright ESA
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      The first ESA satellite, the COS-B gamma ray astronomy satellite, is due to be launched by Delta from Vandenburg on August 9th, 1975. Its mission will be to spend 2 years studying the unexplained gamma bursts detected by earlier US satellites. [Note: COS-B was not actually shut down until April 26th 1982, after 80 months and over 1000 revolutions, by which time it had provided a complete survey of the galactic disc.]
      This film provides detailed cleanroom footage of the construction of the COS-B satellite at ESRO/CERS headquarters, followed by coverage of the calibration of the payload on a stratospheric helium balloon [October 1973] at the US National Scientific Balloon facility based in Palestine, Texas.

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    • Length 14:17:00
    • Format BETACAM
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    • Producer ESRO

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    • System COS-B satellite
    • Location USA
    • Action Constructing, Manufacturing, Rotating, Testing
    • Keywords Balloons, Calibration & validation, Clean room, Cosmic rays, Energy, Engineers, ESRO, Gamma-ray astronomy, Helium, Matter, Payload, Satellites

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