Integral Archive
Extreme Universe surveyor
The mission
Integral is the first space observatory to simultaneously observe objects in gamma rays, X-rays, and visible light. Its principal targets are violent explosions known as gamma-ray bursts, powerful phenomena such as supernova explosions, and regions in the Universe thought to contain black holes.
- Launch: 17 October 2002
- Orbit: highly elliptical around Earth
- Observes: gamma rays, X-rays, visible light
- Targets: gamma-ray bursts, black holes, supernovae
- Mission end: 2029
- 5 metres high
- 4 tonnes
- 4 scientific instruments
- 2 decades of operation
