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Missions, Instruments, and Facilities

Observatories that generate GCN notices for transient alerts, as consumed by the science community. Explore mission resources and GCN notice details in the menu.

MissionStatusGCN Classic over Kafka and EmailGCN Kafka
AGILEArchivalArchive
BurstCubeArchivalPlanned, but never distributed during flight
CALETOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
CHIMEOnboardingJSON in development
Einstein ProbeOperationalKafka Stream
FermiOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
JSON in development
GECAMOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
HAWCOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
IceCubeOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
Kafka Stream (partial, full JSON in development)
INTEGRALArchivalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
KM3NeTOnboardingJSON in development
KONUSOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
LIGO/Virgo/KAGRAOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
Kafka Stream
MAXIOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
MOAArchivalArchive
SNEWSOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
Super-KamiokandeOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
JSON in development
SVOMOperationalKafka Stream VOEvent over Kafka
JSON in development
SwiftOperationalArchive,
Kafka Stream,
Email
Kafka Stream (partial, full JSON in development)

Notes:

  • All GCN Classic Notice types are available via email or Kafka in all of the 3 formats (text, binary, VOEvent XML).
  • All new missions Notices are only available via GCN Kafka in JSON and/or VOEvent format.
  • In Development indicates either onboarding missions or active missions that are in the process of developing GCN Kafka Notices while maintaining GCN Classic Notices.
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