# SVOM launched 🚀

**URL:** <https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196>\
**Category:** Random astronomical musings\
**Tags:** svom\
**Created:** [June 22, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196 "2024-06-22T08:45:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196/1 "2024-06-22T08:45:37Z")

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The Franco-Chinese mission for detection and multi-wavelength observation of gamma-ray bursts and transient phenomena has been launched successfully today at 7h UTC. After a commissioning phase first detections and alerts (that will obviously also become available through Astro-COLIBRI) are expected later this year.

> <https://x.com/i/status/1804420721336291396>

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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196/2 "2024-06-22T08:54:20Z")

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An overview of the various instruments onboard the SVOM satellite and on the ground is available on the SVOM website.

> **[The SVOM mission – Svom](https://www.svom.eu/en/the-svom-mission/)**

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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196/3 "2024-07-03T07:53:48Z")

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While the various onboard instruments are being turned on one after the other, SVOM has already detected three gamma-ray bursts! Many more to come!

[https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36805](https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36805)

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**Author:** ![Fabian.Schussler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.astro-colibri.science/fabian.schussler/32/25_2.png) [@Fabian.Schussler](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/u/Fabian.Schussler)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-launched/196/4 "2024-07-13T17:35:13Z")

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✨ Now SVOM has already detected its first GRB! ✨

While still in early commissioning phase, the onboard algorithm analysing the data recorded by the ECLAIRs instrument detected a burst _with a signal to noise of 9.7 in the 8-120 keV energy band on a time window of 40.96 s_.

See the public announcement in a GCN circular here:  
[https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36854](https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/36854)

Additional observations by various ground and space based instruments have been requested.