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  1.                     COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER (COBE)
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  16. The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) will study the Big Bang and the
  17. primeval explosion that is theorized to have started the expansion of
  18. the Universe. COBE will be launched from the Western Test Range,
  19. Lompoc, CA by a Delta launch vehicle into a circular orbit of about
  20. 900 km altitude. Scheduled launch is for 1990.
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