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Highlights of the HETE-2 Mission
D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker, J. -L. Atteia +37
The HETE-2 mission has been highly productive. It has observed more than 250 GRBs so far. It is currently localizing 25 - 30 GRBs per year, and has localized 43 GRBs to date. Twent…
Scientific Highlights of the HETE-2 Mission
D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker, J-L. Atteia +37
The HETE-2 mission has been highly productive. It has observed more than 250 GRBs so far. It is currently localizing 25 - 30 GRBs per year, and has localized 43 GRBs to date. Twent…
HETE-2 Observations of the Extremely Soft X-Ray Flash XRF 020903
T. Sakamoto, D. Q. Lamb, C. Graziani +36
We report HETE-2 WXM/FREGATE observations of the X-ray flash, XRF 020903. This event was extremely soft: the ratio log(S_X/S_gamma) = 0.7, where S_X and S_gamma are the fluences in…
Mirax: A Brazilian X-Ray Astronomy Satellite Mission
J. Braga, R. Rothschild, J. Heise +9
We describe the ``Monitor e Imageador de Raios-X'' (MIRAX), an X-ray astronomy satellite mission proposed by the high energy astrophysics group at the National Institute for Space…
HETE-2 Localization and Observation of the Bright, X-Ray-Rich Gamma-Ray Burst GRB021211
G. B. Crew, D. Q. Lamb, G. R. Ricker +35
A bright, x-ray-rich GRB was detected by HETE-2 at 11:18:34.03 UT on 11 Dec 2002. The WXM localization was to 14' and relayed to the GCN 22 s after the start of the burst. The grou…