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NASA: today the launch of the GLAST satellite

Cape Canaveral, USA - The NASA gamma astronomy mission with important Italian contribution sets off

Today, between 5:45 and 7:40 Italian time, the GLAST mission will be launched from Cape Canaveral. Glast (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) is a mission aimed at developing gamma-ray astronomy from the explorative phase to full maturity. It will be an astronomical telescope consisting in a Large Area Telescope (LAT) and a Burst Monitor. It is the result of a collaboration between astrophysicists...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1090842
Rome, Italy, 06/11/2008 17:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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