sep 20, 1979 - High Energy Astronomy Observatory III is launched
Description:
(The HEAO III was the third and last of the High Energy Astronomy Observatories launched by NASA with the goal of developing comprehensive surveys and studies of the universe using X-ray and Gamma-ray instruments)(HEAO III was the observatory that first detected the anomalous object near Jupiter)
(There were five other observatories, according to the Field Manual)
(Anachronistically, HEAO III's mission ended when it decayed on December 7th, 1981, three years before AZ-001 was discovered)
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Date:
sep 20, 1979
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~ 46 years ago