NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Performance of the EGRET astronomical gamma ray telescopeOn April 5, 1991, the Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) into orbit, deploying the satellite on April 7. The EGRET instrument was activated on April 15, and the first month of operations was devoted to verification of the instrument performance. Measurements made during that month and in the subsequent sky survey phase have verified that the instrument time resolution, angular resolution, and gamma ray detection efficiency are all within nominal limits.
Document ID
19930051899
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1109/23.159747
Authors
Nolan, P. L. (Stanford Univ. CA, United States)
Bertsch, D. L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fichtel, C. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hartman, R. C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hofstadter, R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hughes, E. B. (Stanford Univ. CA, United States)
Hunter, S. D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kanbach, G. (Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Extraterrestrische Physik Garching, Germany)
Kniffen, D. A. (Hampden-Sydney College VA, United States)
Lin, Y. C. (Stanford Univ. CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume: 39
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0018-9499
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
93A35896
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-1605
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-27557
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available