The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, CGRO, 5.4.1991-4.6.2000:
http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cossc/
,
The EGRET instrument
http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cossc/egret/index.html.
Future gamma-ray missions:
The International Gamma-Ray Laboratory, Integral,
http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Integral/integral.html,
launch scheduled in 2002.
AstrorivelatoreGamma ad Immagini LEggero, AGILE,
http://www.ifctr.mi.cnr.it/Agile/
, to be launched in 2002.
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, GLAST,
http://www-glast.stanford.edu/
to be launched in 2006, lifetime 5 yrs.
Last update: 2001-07-24 / mtt