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Successful Launch of Integral

Posted by michael on from the up-up-and-away dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "The INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory has successfully launched from Baikonur at 4:41UT this morning. See ESA's launch page. Launch, upper stage, and solar panel deployment (the times when we held our breath) all went without a hitch. The most sensitive gamma-ray observatory yet is now beginning operations. See ESA's Integral pages for more about the mission."

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  1. We? by Hard_Code · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What a coincidence...I just started reading Yevgeny Zamyatin's _We_. Is the name 'INTEGRAL' inspired by this novel?

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