THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU GRB RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK

                    B. J. McNamara, T. E. Harrison
Box 30001, Dept. 4500, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA

                        J. Ryan, R. M. Kippen
Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA

                        K. Bennett, L. Hanlon
Astrophysics Division, ESTEC, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands

                              J. Greiner
Max-Planck-Institute fuer Extraterrestrische Physik, 85740 Garching, 
                               Germany

              G. J. Fishman, C. Kouveliotou, C. A. Meegan
Space Science Laboratory, ES 66, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
                            AL 35899, USA

The BATSE/COMPTEL/NMSU Rapid Response Network (RRN) was formed to provide
rapid follow-up of $\gamma$-ray bursts imaged by the COMPTEL instrument on
the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The RRN consists of $\approx$ 22
professional observatories located around the world spanning both northern
and southern hemispheres. Also included in the RRN is the Airforce GEODSS
network. The goal of the RRN is to perform optical and radio observations of
COMPTEL error boxes as soon after the burst as possible. We present results
from the first two years of operation of this network.

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