SuperAGILE: one year after launch

M. Feroci; E. Costa; E. Del Monte; G. Di Persio; I. Donnarumma; Y. Evangelista; M. Frutti; I. Lapshov; F. Lazzarotto; E. Morelli; M. Mastropietro; L. Pacciani; M. Rapisarda; A. Rubini; P. Soffitta; A. Argan; A. Trois; M. Tavani

doi:10.1117/12.789120

15 July 2008 SuperAGILE: one year after launch

M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, E. Morelli, M. Mastropietro, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Trois, M. Tavani

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Proceedings Volume 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 70111O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789120
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The SuperAGILE experiment was launched on April 2007 onboard the Italian gamma-ray mission AGILE. With a field of view of approximately one steradian and an angular resolution of 6 arcmin, SuperAGILE is imaging the X-ray sky in two one-dimensional projections in the 18-60 keV energy range. After a ~2-month Commissioning Phase, SuperAGILE was set in its nominal configuration at the beginning of Science Verification Phase in July 2007 and it is observing the X-ray sky since then. In this paper we describe the in-orbit operations, the commissioning, science verification and inflight calibration phases, and provide a brief summary of the scientific observations carried out until June 2008.

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M. Feroci, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, E. Morelli, M. Mastropietro, L. Pacciani, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Argan, A. Trois, and M. Tavani "SuperAGILE: one year after launch", Proc. SPIE 7011, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 70111O (15 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789120

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