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ACTIVE MISSIONS
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PAST MISSIONS
   ANS    ARIEL V
   ASCA    BBXRT
   BeppoSAX    CGRO
   COPERNICUS    COS-B
   DXS    EINSTEIN
   EUVE    EXOSAT
   GINGA    GRANAT
   HAKUCHO    HEAO-1
   HEAO-3    HETE-2
   OSO-7    OSO-8
   ROSAT    Rossi XTE
   SAS-2    SAS-3
   TENMA    UHURU
   VELA 5B  


Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet Gallery

photo of ANS in clean room

    * The ANS spacecraft

    * Diagram of the ANS hardware

    * Diagram of the HXX experiment

    * The ANS orbit

    * X-ray bursts are due to the explosive thermonuclear burning of gas on the surface of neutron stars. This is the discovery event found with the ANS satellite. The evolving spectrum of these burst indicates that they come from an object about the size of a neutron star.


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