Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Julie E. McEnery; Peter F. Michelson; William S. Paciesas; Steven Ritz

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011012

10 February 2012 Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Julie E. McEnery, Peter F. Michelson, William S. Paciesas, Steven Ritz

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 1, 011012 (February 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011012

Abstract

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, launched in June 2008, is an observatory designed to survey the high-energy gamma-ray sky. The primary instrument, the Large Area Telescope (LAT), provides observations from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. A second instrument, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), provides observations of transients from less than 10 keV to 40 MeV. We describe the design and performance of the instruments and their subsystems, the spacecraft and the ground system.

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Julie E. McEnery, Peter F. Michelson, William S. Paciesas, and Steven Ritz "Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope," Optical Engineering 51(1), 011012 (10 February 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.1.011012

Published: 10 February 2012

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