Integral, ESA's new gamma-ray observatory, will become the most sensitive ever when it is launched in October this year. This new European space science mission in cooperation with Russia and the US will provide new insights into the most violent and exotic objects of the Universe such as black holes and supernovae.
This programme provides an overview of the spacecraft and its mission and includes soundbites by ESA Scientists. The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only.

INTEGRAL
Story 1 : ESA's Gamma-Ray Observatory
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What are we made of? Today's science believes to have found an answer to this age-old question. Most of the chemical elements in our bodies and everything around us is coming from dead stars. But how can elements be formed when a star dies? To answer this question, more basic research is needed. The observation possibilities from Earth have reached their limits, and we have to look further into our universe to find the answers. ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory will help to find out more about this element-making process.
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Arvind Parmar and Kai Clausen can be proud when entering the clean room at the Estec Center in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
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For Kai this satellite represents more than 10 years of his life. The task of Integral will be to gather gamma rays, the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It sounds paradoxical but the events that made the universe habitable were catastrophic. Violent stellar explosions provide