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- [Source: National Space Science Data Center, http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1976-091A-04 ]
The instrument consisted of a four-detector array of cesium iodide scintillators and photomultiplier tubes each surrounded by a tantalum ring shield to provide a directional system. Each detector was positioned so that its most sensitive direction faced 30 deg from the vertical. Pulse-height discriminators were used to provide gamma-ray energy loss thresholds of 0.06, 0.15, and 0.375 MeV. Gamma rays produced in the atmosphere by cosmic rays, precipitating electrons, and other means could be monitored with this instrument.
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: GAMMA RAY DETECTOR (SSB)
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments
Instrument_Class: X-Ray/Gamma Ray Detectors
Short_Name: GAMMA RAY DETECTOR (SSB)
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: DMSP 5D-3/F16
Short_Name: DMSP 5D-1/F1
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Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experimentDisplay.do?id=1976-091A-04
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