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Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope Completes On-Orbit Checkout

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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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The Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope built for NASA completed its on-orbit checkout, General Dynamics Corp. [GD] announced. The company completed the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) of the telescope. Fermi, previously known as the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope or GLAST, is a next-generation high-energy gamma-ray satellite designed to make observations of celestial gamma-ray sources. NASA recently renamed the satellite in honor of Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), a pioneer in high-energy physics. The LEOP is a functional checkout…

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