First Results from the International High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) Mission

Details First Results from the International High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) Mission First Results from the International High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE) Mission

Dec 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000aas...197.2501r&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 197th AAS Meeting, #25.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.1441

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The HETE mission, successfully launched into equatorial orbit on 9 October 2000, is the first satellite mission devoted to the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). HETE utilizes a matched suite of low energy X-ray, medium energy X-ray, and gamma-ray detectors mounted on a compact spacecraft. A unique feature of HETE is its potential for localizing GRBs with 10 arcmin accuracy (medium energy X-rays) to 10 arcsec accuracy (low energy X-rays), in real time aboard the spacecraft. These GRB locations are transmitted, within seconds to minutes, directly to a dedicated network of telemetry receivers at 12 automated "Burst Alert Stations" (BAS) sited along the satellite ground track. The BAS network then re-distributes the GRB locations world-wide via Internet in 1 second. Thus, prompt optical, IR, and radio follow-up identifications are anticipated for a large fraction of HETE GRBs. Initial results of GRB observations from HETE will be presented. The HETE scientific team includes participants from France, Japan, Italy, and the USA. This research was supported in the USA by NASA contract NASW-4690.

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