Gamma-ray Burst Monitor

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Fermi instrument astrophysics experiment gamma-ray detector space telescope instrument

The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor is an instrument aboard NASA’s Fermi space telescope designed to detect and study gamma-ray bursts across a wide field of view.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gamma-ray Burst Monitor canonical	4
Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor	1
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope payload	1
Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fermi instrument ⓘ astrophysics experiment ⓘ gamma-ray detector ⓘ space telescope instrument ⓘ
abbreviation	GBM ⓘ
agency	Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (project management)
collaboratesWith	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: Large Area Telescope
collaboration	European institutions ⓘ NASA ⓘ U.S. institutions ⓘ
contributedTo	gravitational-wave counterpart searches ⓘ long gamma-ray burst population studies ⓘ short gamma-ray burst studies ⓘ
dataPolicy	publicly available data ⓘ
dataProduct	burst catalogs ⓘ continuous time-tagged event data ⓘ
detectorType	bismuth germanate scintillation detector ⓘ sodium iodide scintillation detector ⓘ
energyRangeLower	about 8 keV ⓘ
energyRangeUpper	about 40 MeV ⓘ
fieldOfView	nearly all-sky ⓘ
fullName	Gamma-ray Burst Monitor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor
launchDate	2008-06-11 ⓘ
launchSite	Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ⓘ surface form: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
launchVehicle	Delta rocket ⓘ surface form: Delta II 7920H-10C
mission	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission
numberOfBGODetectors	2 ⓘ
numberOfDetectors	14 ⓘ
numberOfNaIDetectors	12 ⓘ
observes	gamma-ray bursts ⓘ soft gamma repeaters ⓘ solar flares in hard X-rays and gamma rays ⓘ terrestrial gamma-ray flashes ⓘ
onboardWith	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ surface form: Fermi Large Area Telescope
operator	NASA ⓘ
orbitType	low Earth orbit via Fermi spacecraft ⓘ
primaryPurpose	detection of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ study of gamma-ray burst temporal and spectral properties ⓘ
provides	gamma-ray burst localization ⓘ gamma-ray burst trigger alerts ⓘ time-resolved spectra of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ high-energy astrophysics ⓘ
sensitivity	high sensitivity to transient gamma-ray events ⓘ
spacecraft	Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope ⓘ
supports	multi-messenger astronomy ⓘ multiwavelength follow-up observations ⓘ
telescopeLocation	low Earth orbit ⓘ
temporalResolution	sub-millisecond timing capability ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope → secondaryInstrument → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

GBM → fullName → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

GBM → acronymFor → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

GBM → partOf → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope payload

2008-029A → secondaryInstrument → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

Gamma-ray Burst Monitor → fullName → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor

BeppoSAX → primaryInstrument → Gamma-ray Burst Monitor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor