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COBE

NASA launched the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite on November 18, 1989. Its mission was to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation.

External link NASA's COBE homepage: http://space.gsfc.nasa.gov/astro/cobe/cobe_home

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