Konus-Wind
Launch Date: November 1, 1994
Extended Mission Lifetime: 2025+ (pending NASA and Roscosmos)
End of Operations: No specific requirement (no consumables, no significant degradation)
Data Archive: Ioffe Institute
Konus is a Russian gamma-ray spectrometer covering the 20 keV–20 MeV energy range with near-continuous full sky coverage. It is on-board the NASA Wind spacecraft which orbits around the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point. Konus is a key instrument for the InterPlanetary Network. Konus downlink latency is typically one day, determined by scheduling on the Deep Space Network.
GCN Notice Types in GCN Classic and GCN Classic Over Kafka: Detailed Descriptions and Examples
| Type | Contents | Latency |
|---|---|---|
KONUS_Lightcurve | Trigger info and lightcurves | ~1 day |
Common GCN Circular Types:
| Type | Latency | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Observation of a GRB | ~1 day | GRB 210706A |
| Observation of SGR flares | ~1 day | SGR 1935+2154 |
| Follow-up of a gravitational wave trigger | ~1 day | LIGO/Virgo S200129m |
| Follow-up of an optical transient | ~1 day | ZTF19abvizsw |
Yearly Trigger Rates:
| Type | Rates |
|---|---|
| GRBs | 120–130 |
| SGRs | 0–100 |
| Solare flares | 0–100 |