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* Updated launch dates and some details of list of coded aperture instruments and added 6 new papers to bibliography (August 11, 2005)
* Updated list of coded aperture instruments with elimination of ANDROMEDA, BASIS, BLAST and CHIP and inclusion of SWIFT and included papers on EXIST (May 25, 1999)
* Update of concise bibliography with Busboom Exp. Astron. reference (August 3, 1998)
* Update of concise bibliography with Lueke and Busboom reference (March 23, 1998)
* Update of concise bibliography with Kohman reference (February 24, 1998)
* Update of concise bibliography with Lueke and Busboom references (January 4, 1998)
* Update of LEGRI status (December 4, 1997)
* Updated list of coded aperture instruments with 'Burst Camera' and MIXE (October 20, 1997)
* Update of concise bibliography (October 14, 1997)
* The list of coded aperture instruments has been thoroughly revised (August 14, 1997)
* LEGRI was succesfully on a Pegasus rocket on April 21, 1997. HETE has been given a second chance after the unsuccesful launch attempt in November 1996.
* Update of concise bibliography (May 21, 1997)
* Update of concise bibliography (December 13 and 29, 1996)
* LEGRI's launch, on a Pegasus rocket, has been postponed to late January or early February (December 5, 1996)
* HETE launched on November 4, 1996 on a Pegasus rocket but failed to separate from its share rider SAC-B (see Washington Post). For a preliminary result of the investigation into the launch failure see Nov. 25 press release by Orbital Sciences Corporation. For a picture gallery of the launch see Penn State University's SAC-B page
* Launch dates for HETE and LEGRI are now October 11 and December 6, 1996 according to the Pegasus Launch Manifest (August 29, 1996).
* Modernization of tables in list of coded aperture instruments and new entry/link about 'CAMTRAC' (June 10, 1996)
* Update of concise bibliography, including references from proceedings of 1994 Capri conference on 'Imaging in High Energy Astronomy' (June 1, June 10, July 24, 1996)
* Expansion of list of coded aperture instruments with AXGAM and HEXIS (May 7, 1996)
* Update of review, improving readability and updating text (March 7, 1996)
* Update of concise bibliography (March 1, 1996)
* Expansion of list of coded aperture instruments (Andromeda, BASIS-ASI, BLAST, CIP, EXIST, IBIS, JEM-X, MASCO, SPI), update of capability table (December 6 and 8, 1995)
* Images of the coded apertures for the SL2-XRT (November 30, 1995)
* The WWW server on Coded Aperture Imaging moved from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Goddard Space Flight Center (October 17, 1995)


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These pages have been compiled by Jean in 't Zand. They are intended to provide general information for those interested in coded aperture imaging. Any citations should reference original papers as noted in the bibliography, and requests for further information about any of the papers should be directed to the authors thereof.