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Fact Sheet:

LAUNCH DATE: 17-Oct-2002 04:41 UT  
MISSION END:Nominal 2 years - extended to 31 December 2012
LAUNCH VEHICLE:Proton
LAUNCH MASS:4000 kg
MISSION PHASE: Operational
ORBIT:
Elliptical 72 hour
ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • Spectral measurements of gamma-ray sources
  • Detection of gamma-ray bursts, including the closest and faintest
        on record (GRB 031203)
  • Mapping the galactic plane in gamma-rays
  • Resolving diffuse gamma-ray emission from galactic centre
  • Providing supporting evidence for torii in AGN
  • Finding new class of highly absorbed objects
  • THE MISSION:
    ESA's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory is detecting some of the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It is the most sensitive gamma-ray observatory ever launched. INTEGRAL is an ESA mission in cooperation with Russia and the United States.
    NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Mission extensions approved for science missions
    Galactic positron annihilation not a signal of dark matter
    At last! After 10 years a new Soft Gamma Repeater is observed
    SPECIAL FEATURES
    Science@ESA: Episode 5: The untamed, violent Universe
    INTEGRAL mission report from 37th COSPAR meeting
    UPCOMING EVENTS
    27-Sep-2010
    8th INTEGRAL Workshop - The Restless Gamma-ray Universe
     
    LATEST STATUS REPORT
    January 2009
    March 2008
    November 2007
    SPECIAL SITES
    INTEGRAL for the general public & media
    INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre
    MULTIMEDIA
     
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