Uhuru (SAS-1/Explorer 42)

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4774.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4774. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Space Missions, Astrophysical Missions

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NASA satellite, launched from the San Marco platform off the Kenyan coast in 1970. The first satellite dedicated to x-ray astronomy. Completed an all-sky x-ray survey and studied individual sources. Discovered x-ray binaries, including Hercules X-1 and Centaurus X-1, and confirmed the variability of Cygnus X-1. Uhuru means `freedom' in Swahili. (See also SMALL ASTRONOMY SATELLITE, EXPLORER.)...

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