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INTEGRAL satellite  

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  • The INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is a space telescope for observing gamma rays of energies up to 8 MeV. It was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) into Earth orbit in 2002, and is designed to provide imaging and spectroscopy of cosmic sources. In the MeV energy range, it is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory in space. It is sensitive to higher energy photons than X-ray instruments such as NuSTAR, the Neil Gehrels SWIFT Observatory, XMM-Newton, and lower than other gamma-ray instruments such Fermi and HESS. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTEGRAL)

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  • INTEGRAL spacecraft

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-GB533R3P-F

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