HEAO-1

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HEAO-1

(High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1, HEAO-A) (1977 X-ray observatory space mission)

The High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 (HEAO-1) was a NASA spacecraft observing X-rays. It was launched in 1977 and functioned until 1979. Among its accomplishments were X-ray sky surveys, such as the HEAO A-1 X-ray Source Catalog. Instruments included:

LASS (aka A1) - Large-area Sky Survey.
CXE (aka A2) - Cosmic X-ray Experiment.
MC (aka A3) - Modulation Collimator.
Hard X-ray / Low Energy gamma-ray Experiment (aka A4).

HEAO-2 and HEAO-3 were follow-on missions.

(telescope,X-ray,spacecraft,NASA,past) Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Energy_Astronomy_Observatory_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEAO_Program
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heao1/heao1.html
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1977-075A
https://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/multiwavelength-astronomy/x-ray/history/11.html
https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillger/heao.htm
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/model-satellite-heao-120/nasm_A19800397000
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978nisa.symp..101F/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977IAUC.3099....2F/abstract

Prefix	Example
1H	1H 0323+342	HEAO A-1 X-ray Source Catalog
H	H 2356-309	various surveys on various instruments

Referenced by pages:
HEAO-2
X-ray

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