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AGILE - Gamma Ray Light Detector - Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero |
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Agile is an ASI – Italian Space Agency Small Scientific Mission dedicated to high-energy astrophysics. The AGILE payload main target is to detect photons in the 30 MeV – 50 GeV and 15 KeV – 40 KeV energy bands. AGILE mission will perform a complete sky survey to map Gamma sources.
SHELL MODULE | SERVICE MODULE | SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE | 
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Mass: 355 kg Size: 1675x1689x2620mm (with solar panel) Orbit: circular at 550 Km; equatorial Stabilisation: 3 axis Life: 2 years Payloads: Gamma and X ray Detectors |
MAIN SUBSYSTEMS Panel: 1 GaAs, triple junction solar array Power: 200 W, peak 460 Thermal: passive, one radiator and MLI on board, active thermal control on payload detectors Software: real time multitasking operating system (development environment, ansi C language) Attitude Control: three axis stabilization system with pointing accuracy of +/- 1° Deg. Payload boresight repointing around the sun axis On board data handling: based on transputer with DSP as payload processor Data Storage: 64 Mbytes mass memory Telemetry and tracking: S-Band TM/TC Orbcomm Fast Link Channel |
