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- \<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> COS B
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- \<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Astronomy
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- \<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> August 9, 1975
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- \<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
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- \<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Delta
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- \<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 442/99,002 km
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- \<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 1.2 metres long, 1.4 metres diameter
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- \<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 275 kg
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- \<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> Europe
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- \<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> NASA launched, COS (celestial observation satellite) B monitors gamma rays from the heavens for eight years.
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