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

Uhuru (SAS-1) Gallery


artist concept of Uhuru

    * Artist's impression of Uhuru

    * The Uhuru X-ray detector

    * The full scale rebuilt Uhuru on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

    * Uhuru in preflight checks. The two people working on the satellite are Bruno Rossi and Marjorie Townsend. Dr. Townsend named the satellite Uhuru ("Freedom" in Swahili: the satellite was launched from Kenya on the seventh anniversary of Kenya's independence).


The artist's impression of Uhuru is courtesy of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The Uhuru model photograph is courtesy of the National Air and Space Muesum.


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