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Astrophysics Science Division

HaloSat (HaloSat)

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Operational

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Launch Date:

May 2018

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HaloSat was designed to survey the distribution of hot gas in the Milky Way and constrain the mass and geometry of the Galactic halo.

      ISS photograph of HaloSat being deployed. Solar panels in the upper right are panels on the ISS.