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Launch! Launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station 11 June 2008 at 12:05PM EDTCircular orbit, 565 km altitude (96 min period), 25.6 deg inclination.Communications:
The Observatory
LAT Collaboration FranceItalyJapan- Hiroshima University
- ISAS/JAXA
- RIKEN
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
Sweden- Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
- Stockholm University
United States- Stanford University (SLAC and HEPL/Physics)
- University of California at Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Sonoma State University
- Ohio State University
- University of Washington
What Makes Fermi Special? Fermi studies gamma rays. Gamma rays are the most powerful form of light. They tell us about extreme conditions, powerful processes, and exotic phenomena. Fermi surveys the whole sky every three hours. Taking advantage of the huge fields of view of the GBM and the LAT, Fermi is operated in a scanning mode that monitors the sky regularly. The reason this survey mode is important is that the gamma-ray sky is dynamic, showing changes on time scales ranging from milliseconds to years.
31 GRBs seen in first month of operations 31 GRBs seen in first month of operationsActivation phase complete; all working wellSensitivity as predictedGRB locations within a few degrees of Swift’s
A Gamma-ray burst - gone in a minute
Large Area Telescope First Light!
What Next for Fermi? We have only scratched the surface of what the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can do.- The gamma-ray sky is changing every day, so there is always something new to learn about the extreme Universe.
Some results from both the GBM and the LAT are starting to be made public through the Fermi Science Support Center (here at Goddard) this week. Fermi science teams are cooperating with many other missions and observatories to maximize the scientific return. Follow the latest news at the Project Scientist’s blog, http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/GLAST
Extra Slides
The green crosses show the detected positions of the charged particles, the blue lines show the reconstructed track trajectories, and the yellow line shows the candidate gamma-ray estimated direction. The red crosses show the detected energy depositions in the calorimeter. The green crosses show the detected positions of the charged particles, the blue lines show the reconstructed track trajectories, and the yellow line shows the candidate gamma-ray estimated direction. The red crosses show the detected energy depositions in the calorimeter.
A Word of Thanks The scientists who are looking at the data pouring in from the Fermi instruments are wildly enthusiastic. We recognize that any project like this is a team effort.On behalf of the scientific community, I want to thank Goddard management, Kevin Grady, the Project Manager, and everyone who had anything to do with planning, building, testing, launching, and operating the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. We will do our best to provide you with some exciting scientific results.
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