World’s highest and India’s largest gamma-ray telescope to go live in Ladakh this year

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World’s highest and India’s largest gamma-ray telescope to go live in Ladakh this year

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From ThePrint.in:
"Placed at 4,300 m above sea level in Hanle, Ladakh, MACE is also the world's second largest gamma-ray telescope, with a 21-m-diameter dish."

https://theprint.in/science/worlds-high ... ar/353064/

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