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Title:
The COBE mission - Its design and performance two years after launch
Authors:
Boggess, N. W.; Mather, J. C.; Weiss, R.; Bennett, C. L.; Cheng, E. S.; Dwek, E.; Gulkis, S.; Hauser, M. G.; Janssen, M. A.; Kelsall, T.; Meyer, S. S.; Moseley, S. H.; Murdock, T. L.; Shafer, R. A.; Silverberg, R. F.; Smoot, G. F.; Wilkinson, D. T.; Wright, E. L.
Affiliation:
AA(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AB(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AC(MIT, Cambridge, MA), AD(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AE(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AF(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AG(JPL, Pasadena, CA), AH(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD), AI(JPL, Pasadena, CA), AJ(NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD)
Publication:
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 397, no. 2, p. 420-429. (ApJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/1992
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER SATELLITE, INFRARED RADIATION, MICROWAVES, RELIC RADIATION, SPACEBORNE ASTRONOMY, ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES, RADIATION MEASUREMENT, SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS
DOI:
10.1086/171797
Bibliographic Code:
1992ApJ...397..420B

Abstract

The COBE mission, NASA's first space mission devoted primarily to cosmology, is described and the spacecraft concepts central to enabling the mission to achieve its scientific objectives are examined. The major components of the COBE instrument and spacecraft modules are shown and their characteristics are given. Early scientific results are summarized and plans for continuing satellite operations and data analysis are addressed.

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