• investigations. After launch, they were denoted HEAO 1, HEAO 2 (also known as The Einstein Observatory), and HEAO 3, respectively. The large (~3000 kg) satellites...
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    Einstein Observatory (redirect from HEAO-2)
    successfully attaining orbit. The High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) program originated in the late 1960's within the Astronomy Missions Board at...
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    Chandra similarly had no ground predecessors. It followed the three NASA HEAO Program satellites, notably the highly successful Einstein Observatory, which...
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    HEAO-1 was an X-ray telescope launched in 1977. HEAO-1 surveyed the sky in the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (0.2 keV – 10 MeV), providing...
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    Observatories' may be coming for NASA". space.com. Retrieved September 16, 2022. HEAO NASA "POES History - Polar-orbiting Satellites: The First to be Launched"...
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    flown: HEAO 1 in August 1977, HEAO 2 (also called the Einstein Observatory) in November 1978, and HEAO 3 in September 1979. Fred A. Speer was the HEAO project...
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  • Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 1) Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) 3rd High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO 3) HEAO Program Note that the correct (original)...
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    Astronomy Observatory program High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO 1), launched August 1977, completed Einstein Observatory (HEAO 2) launched November...
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  • Research Center for Pioneer 10 1978 – Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award for HEAO Program 1988–1989 – Emmy Award for analog/digital video conversion technology...
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    The last of NASA's three High Energy Astronomy Observatories, HEAO 3 was launched 20 September 1979 on an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle, into a nearly circular...
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    of satellites that were active from the 1980s to the early 2000s: the HEAO Program, EXOSAT, Ginga, RXTE, ROSAT, ASCA, as well as BeppoSAX, which detected...
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    List of uncrewed NASA missions (category NASA programs)
    observations. HEAO included four large X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy instruments, known as A1, A2, A3, and A4, respectively (before launch, HEAO 1 was known...
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    Arrive". September 20, 1979 Successful launch of the TRW-built HEAO-3 to complete the program’s mission of probing the electromagnetic spectrum. June 10, 1980...
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  • Lotte. After high school, Oostveen studied International Management at the HEAO and attended an acting course at the Mountview Theatre School in London....
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  • father is Dutch, while his mother is of Italian descent. He studied the HEAO communication. In 1999, he started with stand-up comedy. He is part of a...
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    Jeffrey A. Hoffman (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
    Technology (MIT) from 1975 to 1978 as project scientist in charge of the orbiting HEAO-1 A4 hard x-ray and gamma ray experiment, launched in August 1977. His involvement...
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    Lewin was co-principal investigator on High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 HEAO-1 (A4), which has yielded the first all sky catalog at high-energy X rays...
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    Henry, J. P.; Jones, C.; Kellogg, E.; Koch, D. (June 1979). "The Einstein /HEAO 2/ X-ray Observatory". The Astrophysical Journal. 230: 540. Bibcode:1979ApJ...
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  • until the development of the high-energy astronomical observatory program. The HEAO-3 spacecraft with cooled Ge detectors allowed the clear detection...
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    Trajectory Details (HEAO 3)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "NASA – NSSDC – Spacecraft – Details (HEAO 3)". NASA. Archived...
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    Chandra X-ray Observatory (category Great Observatories program)
    meantime, in 1978, NASA launched the first imaging X-ray telescope, Einstein (HEAO-2), into orbit. Work continued on the AXAF project throughout the 1980s and...
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    Applications Technology Satellite/High Energy Astronomy Observatory (ATS/HEAO) language family." Page, Brenda J. "An English language interface for constrained...
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    (1997–2005) HEAO-1 (1977–1979) Herschel (2009–2013) Hinotori (Astro-A) (1981–1991) Hisaki (SPRINT-A) (2013–2023) HEAO-2 (Einstein Obs.) (1978–1982) HEAO-3 (1979–1981)...
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  • astronomy program at UCSD". Advances in Space Research. 14 (2): 151. Bibcode:1994AdSpR..14b.151P. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(94)90082-5. "The HEAO-3 Satellite"...
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  • a spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope HE – (catalog) Hamburg/ESO Survey HEAO – (telescope) High Energy Astronomical Observatory, a series of X-ray and...
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  • (1997–2005) HEAO-1 (1977–1979) Herschel (2009–2013) Hinotori (Astro-A) (1981–1991) Hisaki (SPRINT-A) (2013–2023) HEAO-2 (Einstein Obs.) (1978–1982) HEAO-3 (1979–1981)...
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    in the morning local time (05:24 UTC). HEAO-2, the second High Energy Astronomy Observatory Program. Unlike HEAO 1, which conducted "sky survey" searches...
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    highly decorated Air Force colonel, involved in the military atomic energy program, and had served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was also a prominent...
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    corona as obtained from the first coronal X-ray spectrum of Capella using HEAO 1 required magnetic confinement unless it was a free-flowing coronal wind...
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    Chief engineer for the satellite series high energy astronomy observatory (HEAO). Worked as a consultant for the layout of the Spacelab. Electrical system...
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