Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) is a German-Russian mission launched on July 13 2019, and placed in a halo orbit around the L2 point to scan the sky. The eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) instrument observes in the energy...
The Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a French-Chinese mission that was launched on 22nd June 2024 into low Earth orbit. This spacecraft, designed to rapidly slew to observe transients, has four instruments: ECLAIRs with a 2 sr...
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is a small NASA mission launched on 13th June 2012 into a low Earth orbit. It observes in the 3-79 keV range. It has two focal plane detectors of 13’ x 13’, with spectral...
Integral was a European Space Agency mission that was active between 17 October 2002 and 28th February 2025. It functioned in a highly elliptical orbit with observations of ~50 h possible. The four onboard instruments were SPI, a gamma-ray spectrograph...
The Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NASA) mission was launched on the 3rd June 2017 and installed on the International Space Station in low Earth orbit. This instrument observes in the 0.2-12;0 keV band and reaches ~3 x 10⁻¹⁴ erg...
