CATSAT: A small satellite for studying gamma-ray bursts

Journal Article · Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1302231· OSTI ID:21210400

Vestrand, W T ^[1]; Forrest, D J; Levenson, K A ^[1]; Whitford, C; Fletcher-Holmes, D; Wells, A ^[2]; Owens, A ^[3]

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1. Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824 (United States)
2. University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH (United Kingdom)
3. ESA/ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk (Netherlands)

The Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite (CATSAT) is a University Explorer (UNEX) Class Mission that is being constructed by the University of New Hampshire and the University of Leicester. The primary scientific goal of the mission is to study the spectral properties of gamma-ray bursts in the energy range range from 500 eV to 5 MeV with particular emphasis on the 500 eV to 10 keV energy band. The satellite will be zenith pointed and flown in a 590 km sun-synchronous terminator orbit. Here we briefly discuss the mission and the expected scientific results.

• OSTI ID: 21210400
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 499, Issue 1; Conference: Workshop on small missions for energetic astrophysics: Ultraviolet through gamma-ray, Los Alamos, NM (United States), 22-26 Feb 1999; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1302231; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
COSMIC GAMMA BURSTS
COSMIC GAMMA SOURCES
COSMIC PHOTONS
COSMIC RAY DETECTION
EV RANGE
GAMMA ASTRONOMY
GAMMA SPECTRA
KEV RANGE
MEV RANGE
SATELLITES