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Heavy Nuclei Experiment on HEAO-3

Abstract

The third High Energy Astronomical Observatory, HEAO-3 was launched on the 20th Sept., 1979 into a 496 km, 43.6° orbit, and has since been successfully returning data from all three experiments on board. One of these experiments, that intended to study the heavy and ultra heavy nuclei in the cosmic radiation, is described here.

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© Reidel 1981. Supported in part by NASA Contracts NAS8-27976, 7, 8 and grants NGR 05-002-160, 24-005-050, and 26-009-001.

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NAS8-27976
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NAS8-27978
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NGR 05-002-160
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NGR 24-005-050
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NGR 26-009-001

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