INTEGRAL
The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Laboratory (INTEGRAL) of the European Space Agency was successfully launched
on October 17, 2002. It was lifted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on
a Russian Proton launcher and is now on a 72-hour elliptical orbit,
ranging from 9,000 km up to 155,000 km from Earth.
INTEGRAL is the successor of the ESA gamma-ray observatory Cos-B
and the NASA gamma-ray Observatory CGRO. It is producing a complete map
of the sky in the soft gamma-ray waveband and it is capable
of performing high spectral and spatial observations in gamma rays.
The observatory is also equipped with X-ray and optical detectors
to provide simultaneous observations in these wavebands.
Mission Characteristics Lifetime :
October 2002 - (nominal 2 year mission, extended through June 2023) Energy Range :
3 keV - 10 MeV and Optical V-band Special Features
: High spectral and spatial resolution. Simultaneous Gamma-ray, X-ray and Optical observations. Payload :
* INTEGRAL artist’s view courtesy of ESA.
Archive:
HEASARC hosts the INTEGRAL data and catalogs.Page authors: Lorella Angelini Jesse Allen HEASARC Home | Observatories | Archive | Calibration | Software | Tools | Students/Teachers/Public Last modified: Monday, 07-Nov-2022 11:16:26 EST HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details. |
HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.
