Integral : Observing the violent and extreme variable Universe
ESA TV Exchanges
Since 2002, when Integral was launched by a Russian Proton rocket, it is playing the role of a sentinel, alerting the worldwide scientific community about new and unusual events in the high-energy Universe. Several alert telegrams about unexpected phenomena are sent to the scientific community each month.
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Title: Observing the violent and extremely variable Universe
A-Roll
10:00:40 (Lake Geneva, ISDC exterior scenes nature) In the calm surroundings of the town of Versoix, on the northern shores of Lake Geneva, the cosmic upheavals provoked by celestial bodies that consume their own matter are, indeed, millions of light years away.
10:00:55 (Courvoisier comes out of building, towards camera) Yet they are the daily subjects of investigation for Professor Thierry Courvoisier, director of the Science Data Centre for the European Space Agencyís Integral mission.
10:01:07 (archives liftoff Proton + science imagery/ animations) Since 2002, when it was launched by a Russian Proton rocket, the observatory has been exploring the gamma-ray sky, collecting radiation coming from the most energetic objects in the Universe.
10:01:22 Soundbite Thierry Courvoisier, Principal investigator, ISDC ""These gamma rays are often emitted by very compact objects, things that are small but very dense and the