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Swift – catching gamma-ray bursts on the fly!
X-ray
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SOFIA – Stratospheric Observatory for
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International Gamma-Ray Laboratory
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ESA mission
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ESA Herschel Space Telescope
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Gamma-Ray Large Area Space
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GLAST burst monitors at
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Phoenix
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JWST
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Kepler
XMM-Newton
Herschel
Planck
Hubble
Swift
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