BackForwardInstrument:  KONUS 

Instrument details
Acronym KONUS
Full name Gamma Ray Burst Investigation
Purpose To study gamma-ray burst and solar flares
Short description Assemblage of units for: monitoring of gamma-ray burst energy spectra over the energy range 10 keV to 10 MeV; measurement of burst time histories in three energy ranges covering 10 to 770 keV; high-time-resolution measurement (2 ms resolution) for the high-intensity sections of a burst time history; and continuous measurement of the gamma ray and cosmic ray background, interrupted only to read out bursts
Background Cooperation NASA-Roscosmos. Part of a package of instruments to observe the solar wind
Scanning Technique Interplanetary space observation from the L1 Lagrange libration point
Resolution N/A (integrated over the full interplanetary space)
Coverage / Cycle Interplanetary space at 0.064 s intervals
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1995 to 2025
Last update: 2022-12-05
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Space radiometer or spectrometer
WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Gamma-ray flux spectrum
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Gamma-ray flux spectrum*4 - fairNo specific limitation.Interplanetary space viewing