INTEGRAL

20024 gamma instrumentsESA

LocationSpace

Year2002

Size4 gamma instruments

OperatorESA

About INTEGRAL

The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory in a long elliptical orbit. Observes gamma-ray bursts, black holes, and neutron stars. Still returning data more than two decades after launch. Its coded-mask telescopes image the most energetic sky.

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