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Gamma-Ray Bursts A BRIEF HISTORY October 1963:  The U.S. Air Force launches the first in a series of “Vela” satellites carrying X-ray, gamma-ray and neutron detectors in order to monitor any nuclear testing by the
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Astrophysical Journal / /

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Soviet Union / /

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Seventh Orbiting Solar Observatory / Compton Gamma Ray Observatory / /

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energy output / energy / /

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration / U.S. Air Force / American Astronomical Society / Italian Space Agency / High Energy Astrophysics Division / MIT / ASCA / the Netherlands Space Agency / /

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Ray Bursts / Martin Rees / Peter Meszaros / Bohdan Paczynski / /

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the Astrophysical Journal / /

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X- ray / X-ray / /

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