National Aeronautics and Space Administration

HEAO-3 Gallery

Launch of HEAO-3 aboard an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle on 20 September, 1979 at the Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Image courtesy of NASA.

Diagram of the HEAO-3 satellite. Diagram is reproduced from the NASA's Prelaunch Mission Operation Report.

HRGRS (Physics Today cover picture)

HEAO-3 in the clean room

The High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectrometer (HRGRS)

Diagram of the HRGRS experiment (in parts)

Diagram of the HRGRS experiment (assembled). Diagram is reproduced from the NASA's Prelaunch Mission Operation Report.

Unless otherwise credited, images of HEAO-3 provided courtesy of Dr. William Mahoney of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.