GRO

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GRO is the commonly used acronym for the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, a NASA space telescope that studied high-energy gamma-ray sources in the universe.

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GRO canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Observatory ⓘ
NASA space mission ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
acronym CGRO ⓘ
GRO ⓘ
apogeeAltitude ~450 km ⓘ
deorbited 2000-06-04 ⓘ
discovered numerous gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
followedBy Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ
fullName Burst and Transient Source Experiment ⓘ
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ⓘ
Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope ⓘ
Imaging Compton Telescope ⓘ
Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment ⓘ
inclination 28.5 degrees ⓘ
instrument BATSE ⓘ
COMPTEL ⓘ
EGRET ⓘ
OSSE ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1991-04-05 ⓘ
launchedBy Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-37 ⓘ
linked to: STS-37
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
mass ~17000 kg ⓘ
missionEnd 2000 ⓘ
missionGoal study high-energy gamma-ray sources in the universe ⓘ
missionStart 1991 ⓘ
namedAfter Arthur Holly Compton ⓘ
linked to: Arthur H. Compton
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOfProgram NASA Great Observatories program ⓘ
perigeeAltitude ~350 km ⓘ
precededBy HEAO-3 ⓘ
primaryBand gamma rays ⓘ
providedEvidenceFor cosmological origin of many gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
reentryType controlled reentry ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
studied active galactic nuclei ⓘ
cosmic diffuse gamma-ray background ⓘ
gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
pulsars ⓘ
supernova remnants ⓘ
wavelengthRange high-energy gamma rays ⓘ

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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory → acronym → GRO ⓘ
subject linked to: GRO