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World Space Observatory

Introduction
World Space Observatory
Implementation Committee
Aims
Instruments
Links
WSO capabilities: An overview of the planned systems and instrumentation
Presentations

XROA Meetings

Local Seminars

New Results in X-ray Astronomy 2012

(12th September 2012)

Royal Society meeting on transients across the Universe

(23-24 April 2012)

HESS meeting

(16-20th April)

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