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INTEGRAL

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A European Space Agency gamma-ray space telescope launched in 2002, its name short for International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, built to observe some of the most energetic phenomena in the universe including gamma-ray bursts, black holes and neutron stars. Its instruments combine gamma-ray imaging with simultaneous X-ray and optical monitoring of the same targets.

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Observing Band
Gamma-ray 1
Operational
from 2002 2
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Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

RKA (Russian Aviation and Space Agency) is the historical name for the agency this atlas models as the continuous Roscosmos entity.

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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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  • Operated By: European Space Agency, INTEGRAL
    Operator: ESA / RKA / NASA
  • Operated By: Roscosmos, INTEGRAL
    Operator: ESA / RKA / NASA
  • Operated By: NASA, INTEGRAL
    Operator: ESA / RKA / NASA
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2. INTEGRAL (Wikipedia)
  • INTEGRAL, Wikipedia - lead section, observing band (gammaray)
    In the MeV energy range, it is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory in space.
  • Article text: start of operations
    The INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) was a space telescope for observing gamma rays of energies up to 8 MeV. It was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) into Earth orbit in 2002, and is designed to provide imaging and spectroscopy of cosmic sources.
  • In Group: X-ray and Gamma-Ray Space Observatories, Lead sentence
    The INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) was a space telescope for observing gamma rays of energies up to 8 MeV.
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