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The design of the French Gamma Telescope (FREGATE) is based on that of the successful gamma-ray burst experiment LILAS on board the Russian Phobos mission. Its prime objectives are the detection and spectroscopy of gamma-ray bursts and the monitoring of variable X-ray sources.
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| Two of the gamma detectors are seen right of center. |
| Built by | Centre d'Etudes de Spatiales Rayonnements (CESR, France) |
| Instrument type | NaI(TI); cleaved |
| Energy Range | 6 to 400 keV |
| Timing Resolution | 10 microseconds |
| Spectral Resolution | ~25% @ 20 keV ~9% @ 662 keV |
| Effective Area | 120 cm2 |
| Sensitivity (10 sigma) | 3x10-8 erg cm-2s-1, over 8 keV-1 MeV |
| Field of View | 3 steradians |