INTEGRAL

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

INTEGRAL

International gamma-ray observatory.

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
year known only: 2002
Lead / partner
ESA
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Gamma-ray astronomy
Status
Success
Vehicle
unknown
Mass
unknown
Orbit / trajectory
unknown

Why it happened

INTEGRAL flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of ESA's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: International gamma-ray observatory.

Results

International gamma-ray observatory.

Related missions

INTEGRAL Aqua — same_target Aqua TIMED — same_target TIMED Shenzhou 5 — same_target Shenzhou 5 Cluster II — same_target Cluster II

Aqua

Success

United States · 2002

TIMED

Success

United States · 2001

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog