The VT telescope (Visible Telescope) is a dedicated optical tracking telescope, onboard the SVOM satellite. Its main purpose is to detect and observe the emission……
The nerve centre of the SVOM mission’s scientific strategy, the French-designed alert network enables information to be transmitted rapidly and at any time between the……
The main science objective of the Ground-based Wide Angle Camera (GWAC) is to observe in the visible range (between 500 and 850 nm) from the……
The French Science Center will analyze the VHF alert data in an automated fashion in near real time in order to distribute the information needed……
Meeting with Alain Klotz, who presents us the TAROT telescope. Côte d’Azur observatory located in the Plateau de Calern, August 2015. Click on CC to activate……
For a mission such as SVOM, large field-of-view instruments are needed to maximise the chances of discovery. The ECLAIRs telescope is a matter of balance:……
The SVOM mission was approved following an intergovernmental agreement between France and China, specified in a memorandum of understanding in 2014. It is a cooperation……
The French collaborators are: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales CNES Maître d’œuvre du projet SVOM Maitre d’œuvre du télescope ECLAIRs Maitre d’œuvre du télescope MXT Institut……
Biology inspiring astronomy The truly innovative MXT concentrator developed to study GRBs is a system inspired by biology. Crustaceans of the order of decapods, such……
The discovery of gamma-ray bursts is recent. The first detection of this phenomenon was carried out by one of the military satellites of the Vela……