INTEGRAL
INTEGRAL was ESA's international gamma-ray astronomy mission, combining coded-mask imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy with simultaneous X-ray and optical monitoring of the energetic universe.
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Identity
- Aliases
- International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics LaboratoryINTEGRAL mission
- Name
- INTEGRAL
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- INTEGRAL was ESA's international gamma-ray astronomy mission, combining coded-mask imaging and high-resolution spectroscopy with simultaneous X-ray and optical monitoring of the energetic universe.
- Destination
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit with an approximately 66-hour period; before the 2015 orbit-lowering maneuver, about 13,000 km perigee and 153,000 km apogee, providing long uninterrupted observations of gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, black holes, and other violent cosmic sources across gamma-ray, X-ray, and visible wavelengths
- End Date
- 2025-02-28
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- INTEGRAL completed more than two decades of gamma-ray, X-ray, and visible-light observations; ESA ended science operations in February 2025 while spacecraft monitoring continued toward eventual reentry.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2002-10-17
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/integral/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:52:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 14:04:22 UTC
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- Space Stations
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- Vehicles