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A cosmic ray detector, sensitive to γ-rays with energies greater than 500 MeV is being flown on board the OGO-5 satellite. The spacecraft was launched into a highly eccentric orbit, apogee 145000 km, on March 4, 1968. γ-ray observations are restricted to altitudes higher than 80000 km, thereby excluding interference from the radiation belts and reducing the influence from the earth albedo flux. A description of the instrument is published in the literature (Rogowski et al., 1969).
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Clark, G. W., Garmire, G. P., and Kraushaar, W. L.: 1968, Astrophys. J. Letters 153, L203.
Rogowski, L. K., Hicks, D. B., Gilland, J. R., and Swanenburg, B. N.: 1969, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Science NS-16, 325.
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Bleeker, J.A.M. et al. (1970). Search for Galactic γ-Rays with Energies Greater Than 500 MeV on Board OGO-5. In: Gratton, L. (eds) Non-Solar X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3311-4_48
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