Extended Mission
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Fermi surveys the high-energy sky for pulsars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts and particle acceleration. Its all-sky monitoring has made it a central observatory for multi-messenger astronomy.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Observatory
TYPE
Telescope
COUNTRY
United States
OPERATOR
NASA / DOE
LAUNCH DATE
Jun 11, 2008
LAUNCH SITE
Cape Canaveral
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
494
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
94.49
INCLINATION · DEG
25.58
APOGEE · KM
499
PERIGEE · KM
489
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