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Satellite INTEGRAL. Artwork

auteur: ESA/D.Ducros/Novapix

référence: e-sou15-90004

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 33 cm

Integral (International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) is the first space observatory that can 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. Launched on 17 October 2002 (Proton launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan).

Keywords for this photo:

2002 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GAMMA - GAMMA RAY - ILLUSTRATION - INTEGRAL - LIMB - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - X - X-RAY -