INTEGRAL:
Goals: The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory studies the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory ever launched.

Accomplishments: INTEGRAL provided an increasingly detailed insight into some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe, including the births and deaths of stars, supermassive black holes, neutron stars, the annihilation of matter and anti-matter and gamma-ray bursts. It also conducted the first detailed gamma-ray mapping of the galactic plane.

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17 Oct 2002:  Launch Status:  Extended Mission in Progress Show All Dates for INTEGRAL		17 Mar 2006:  Integral Catches Stellar 'Corpses' By The Tail 14 Feb 2006:  Integral Looks at Earth to Seek Source of Cosmic Radiation
INTEGRAL travels around the the Earth every three days in a highly eccentric orbit. Scientists used the spacecraft data to understand how new elements are formed after a star dies. INTEGRAL is a truly international mission with the participation of all member states of ESA plus the United States, Russia, Czech Republic and Poland.		Solar System Bodies: Beyond Our Solar System INTEGRAL Multimedia Gallery NSSDC Master Catalog: INTEGRAL