Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment

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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory instrument gamma-ray astronomy instrument spaceborne telescope

The Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment (OSSE) was a gamma-ray astronomy instrument designed to study high-energy cosmic sources and phenomena such as black holes, neutron stars, and radioactive decay in space.

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instanceOf Compton Gamma Ray Observatory instrument ⓘ
gamma-ray astronomy instrument ⓘ
spaceborne telescope ⓘ
abbreviation OSSE NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboration Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
dataType gamma-ray spectra ⓘ
time-resolved gamma-ray light curves ⓘ
deactivationDate 2000-06-04 ⓘ
designedToStudy Galactic center NERFINISHED ⓘ
active galactic nuclei ⓘ
black holes ⓘ
diffuse Galactic gamma-ray emission ⓘ
gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
neutron stars ⓘ
radioactive decay in space ⓘ
detectorType cesium iodide scintillation detector ⓘ
sodium iodide scintillation detector ⓘ
developedBy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
energyRange 0.05–10 MeV ⓘ
feature active shielding ⓘ
collimated detectors ⓘ
movable orientation system ⓘ
instrumentType scintillation spectrometer ⓘ
launchDate 1991-04-05 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Atlantis NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
missionRole spectroscopy of celestial gamma-ray sources ⓘ
observed 511 keV positron annihilation line ⓘ
Galactic positron annihilation radiation ⓘ
gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
gamma-ray emission from X-ray binaries ⓘ
gamma-ray emission from active galactic nuclei ⓘ
gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants ⓘ
operatedOn Compton Gamma Ray Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
organization NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfMission Compton Gamma Ray Observatory mission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfPayload Compton Gamma Ray Observatory payload ⓘ
pointingCapability oriented and steerable ⓘ
primaryScienceGoal study high-energy cosmic sources ⓘ
researchField gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ
high-energy astrophysics ⓘ
spacecraft Compton Gamma Ray Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
wavelengthRange gamma rays ⓘ

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