Compton Spectrometer and Imager Space Observatory
NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a Small Explorer gamma-ray space observatory in implementation for a targeted 2027 launch. Its wide-field telescope will map soft gamma rays, studying antimatter, nucleosynthesis, gamma-ray polarization, and multi-messenger astrophysical sources across the Milky Way and beyond.
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Identity
- Family Name
- COSI
- Full Name
- Compton Spectrometer and Imager Space Observatory
- Roles
- observatoryresearch
- Status
- development
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a Small Explorer gamma-ray space observatory in implementation for a targeted 2027 launch. Its wide-field telescope will map soft gamma rays, studying antimatter, nucleosynthesis, gamma-ray polarization, and multi-messenger astrophysical sources across the Milky Way and beyond.
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/cosi/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 02:51:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 02:51:57 UTC