# SVOM ready for launch

**URL:** <https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-ready-for-launch/82>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** grb, svom\
**Created:** [January 31, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-ready-for-launch/82 "2024-01-31T15:16:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/svom-ready-for-launch/82/1 "2024-01-31T15:16:33Z")

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Last week the French-Chinese SVOM mission successfully passed the Flight Acceptance Review. SVOM is dedicated to the study of gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena. It is due to be launched on 24th june 2024 from the Xichang launch base in China.  
More details about SVOM: [https://www.svom.eu/en/home/](https://www.svom.eu/en/home/)

By following this link you will find a short video summarising the review:  
[https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/1750818086049939689?t=TAhfO5fyP1O3GxhaJAv9kQ&s=19](https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/1750818086049939689?t=TAhfO5fyP1O3GxhaJAv9kQ&s=19)