AGILE
(Astro-Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero)
(past Italian space gamma-ray observatory)
AGILE (for Astro-Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero )
was a gamma-ray space observatory that began operation
in 2007, was run by the Italian Space Agency (ASI ), operating until it
reentered the atmosphere in February 2024.
Instruments included:
GRID - Gamma Ray Imaging Detector.
SA - SuperAGILE hard X-ray monitor.
MCAL - Mini-calorimeter gamma-ray scintillation detector.
AC - Anti-coincidence system, for suppressing unwanted detections.
(telescope,spacecraft,gamma rays,Italian,ASI,past )
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGILE_(satellite)
http://agile.rm.iasf.cnr.it/
https://agile.asdc.asi.it/
http://www.agilescienceapp.it/
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/agile.html
https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=16450
https://www.ssdc.asi.it/bgrsmeeting/dwl.php?file=workshop_files/AGILE-112_Workshop_Tavani_web.pdf
https://galprop.stanford.edu/elibrary/icrc/1999/proceedings/root/vol5/o4_2_06.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999MmSAI..70..201T/abstract
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=92ea072f1d3f9a96337eaf96db53f42a9a919525
Prefix Example
1AGL 1AGL J0634+1748 first catalog
AGL AGL J1511-0909
Referenced by pages:
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
gamma rays (GR)
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