GRANAT

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GRANAT

(Astron 2) (observatory-satellite for detecting gamma rays and X-rays)

GRANAT was a gamma-ray/X-ray space observatory launched by the Soviet Union in 1989, fully functioning until 1994 and partially functioning until 1998. France, Denmark and Bulgaria collaborated. Instruments included:

SIGMA - X-ray and soft gamma-ray telescope.
ART-P - X-ray telescope.
ART-S - X-ray spectrometer.
PHEBUS - transient detector.
WATCH - collimator/detector of X-rays.
KONUS-B - X-ray/gamma-ray detector.
TOURNESOL - optical and X-ray/gamma-ray detector to identify optical counterparts.

(telescope,gamma rays,X-ray,spacecraft,Russia,past) Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granat
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/granat/granat.html
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/granat.htm
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993A%26AS...97....1M/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AstL...30..527R/abstract
https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/russia/granat.htm
http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/GRANAT/granat.html

Prefix	Example
GRS	GRS 1124-683

Referenced by pages:
gamma rays (GR)
GRS 1915+105
X-ray

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