INTEGRAL
Short Description:
INTEGRAL is the European Space Agency's key project in the field of Gamma-ray astronomy and high-energy astrophysics. INTEGRAL is dedicated to fine Gamma-ray spectroscopy and accurate imaging of celestial sources in the energy band 15 keV to 10 MeV with concurrent source monitoring in the X-ray (3-35 keV) and optical (V-band, 550 nm) bands.
Project Type:
Instrument for satellite
MPE Contribution:
INTEGRAL is a collaborative project by many research institutions.
The MPE was responsible for the development of the anticoincidence subsystem of the spectrometer SPI.
The INTEGRAL SPI data archive is at MPE.
Status:
launch: October 17, 2002
actual status: active in Earth orbit
end of mission: 2029
Links:
High-Energy Astrophysics (web pages of the MPE department involved in the project)
