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Other Designations: Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero. Nation: Italy. Agency: ASI. Manufacturer: Carlo Gavazzi.

The Italian gamma-ray observatory satellite (Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero) carried the GRID 0.3-200 MeV wide-field gamma ray camera and the Super-AGILE 15-45 keV detector hard X-ray detector.

Mass: 352 kg (776 lb).

AGILE Chronology

2007 April 23 - AGILE - Launch Site: Sriharikota. Launch Complex: SLP. Launch Vehicle: PSLV. Mass: 352 kg (776 lb). Perigee: 523 km (324 mi). Apogee: 553 km (343 mi). Inclination: 2.50 deg. Period: 95.40 min.
The PSLV-C8 launch vehicle flew for the first time in a light configuration with no strap-on motors and a Dual Launch Adapter. The Italian gamma-ray observatory satellite (Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero) carried the GRID 0.3-200 MeV wide-field gamma ray camera and the Super-AGILE 15-45 keV detector hard X-ray detector.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

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