Uhuru (satellite) - Wikipedia
Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-A (for Small Astronomy Satellite A, the first of the three-spacecraft SAS series), SAS 1, or Explorer 42.
The Uhuru Satellite - NASA
Oct 8, 2003 · Uhuru is the first satellite entirely devoted to the study of the cosmic X-ray sources. This satellite was the first of a series of small astronomy satellite sponsored by NASA. Uhuru was launched on 12 December 1970 into an orbit of 560 km apogee, 520 km perigee, 3 degrees inclination, with a period of 96 minutes.
乌呼鲁卫星 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
乌呼鲁卫星 （Uhuru），原名“X射线探测卫星”、“探险者42号”或“小型天文卫星1号”（SAS-1），是人类历史上第一颗 X射线天文卫星，由 美国 于1970年12月12日在 肯尼亚 发射升空。. 发射当天正值肯尼亚独立7周年纪念日，因此得名 Uhuru （斯瓦希里语 意为“自由 ...
The Uhuru Satellite
The Uhuru Satellite U huru, also known as the Small Astronomical Satellite 1 (SAS-1) was the first earth-orbiting mission dedicated entirely to celestial X-ray astronomy. It was launched on 12 December 1970 from the San Marco platform in Kenya.
Uhuru | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
The Uhuru X-ray Explorer Satellite was the first spacecraft dedicated to X-ray astronomy. During its mission in the early 1970s, Uhuru mapped the X-ray sky. It provided the first observational evidence for black holes, revealed that galaxy clusters contain hot X-ray-emitting gas, and charted the behavior of neutron stars in binary systems.
烏呼魯衛星 - 維基百科，自由的百科全書
烏呼魯衛星 （ Uhuru ），原名「X射線探測衛星」、「探險者42號」或「小型天文衛星1號」（ SAS-1 ），是人類歷史上第一顆 X射線天文衛星 ，由 美國 於1970年12月12日在 肯尼亞 發射升空。. 發射當天正值肯尼亞獨立7周年紀念日，因此得名 Uhuru （ 斯瓦希里語 意為 ...
Uhuru | Multiwavelength Astronomy - University of Chicago
Townsend, who was the Project Manager of the Small Astronomy Satellite Program, named the satellite Uhuru, which means freedom in Swahili. Uhuru would go on to detect evidence of black holes, neutron stars, and vast expanses of hot gas in systems containing thousands of galaxies.
SAS A (Uhuru, Explorer 42) - Gunter's Space Page
Jan 14, 2023 · SAS A (Small Astronomy Satellite A, also known as Explorer 42 or Uhuru) was the first in the series of small spacecraft whose objectives were to survey the celestial sphere and search for sources radiating in the X-ray, gamma-ray, UV, and other spectral regions. The primary mission of Uhuru was to develop a catalog of celestial X-ray sources by ...
The Uhuru Satellite - NASA
Sep 25, 2020 · 1H 0709-360: A Cataclysmic Variable with an Orbital Period inside the “Period Gap”
Uhuru: About Uhuru - sonic.net
The Uhuru satellite was launched by a Scount rocket on December 12, 1970 into an orbit of ~560 km apogee, 520 km perigee, 3 degrees inclination and with a period of 96 minutes. The launch took place from the San Marco platform, an oil-drilling rig three miles off the coast of Kenya which had been modified for rocket launches by the Italian ...