Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was the first successful United States orbital surveillance program, comprising a series of five Naval Research...
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The cosmic microwave background (CMB or CMBR) is microwave radiation that fills all space in the observable universe. It is a remnant that provides an...
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SOLRAD 1 (section Background)
scientific package aboard the satellite provided cover for the Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) electronic surveillance package, whose mission was...
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the desired orbit. Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was a series of five Naval Research Laboratory electronic surveillance and solar astronomy satellites...
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Cosmic ray (redirect from Galactic cosmic radiation)
3 eV/cm3, the galactic magnetic field energy density (assumed 3 microgauss) which is ≈0.25 eV/cm3, or the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation energy...
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Grab (section Bosnia and Herzegovina)
a screenshot application Grab (tool), a mechanical device Galactic Radiation and Background, or GRAB, a series of electronic signals intelligence satellites...
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SOLRAD 2 (section Background)
package aboard the satellite provided cover for the GRAB (Galactic Radiation and Background) electronic surveillance package, the mission of which was...
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System. On 22 June 1960, a Thor-Ablestar launched the first Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) electronic intelligence (ELINT) satellite for the United...
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history of radiation protection begins at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with the realization that ionizing radiation from natural and artificial...
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rays and the decay of radioactive isotopes are the primary sources of natural ionizing radiation on Earth, contributing to background radiation. Ionizing...
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