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Artist's view of Integral
Artist's view of Integral
Science with Integral – five years on
 
17 October 2007
With eyes that peer into the most energetic phenomena in the universe, ESA’s Integral has been setting records, discovering the unexpected and helping understanding the unknown over its first five years.
 
Integral was launched on 17 October 2002. Since then, the satellite has helped scientists make great strides in understanding the gamma-ray universe - from the atoms that make up all matter, giant black holes, mysterious gamma-ray bursts to the densest objects in the universe.  
 
Read the full story on the ESA Science pages
 
 
 
 
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