{"id":301980,"date":"2024-06-25T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=301980"},"modified":"2024-06-25T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:27:34","slug":"space-variable-objects-monitor-svom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/space-variable-objects-monitor-svom\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post on Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)<\/strong>\u00a0has been created based on the article\u00a0\u201c Rocket carrying French-Chinese satellite launches from southwestern China to study gamma-ray bursts\u201d <\/b><\/a>published in \u201cTimes of India<\/b>\u201d on 22 June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the news?<\/h2>\n

Recently, a\u00a0Long March 2-C rocket<\/span> successfully launched the French-Chinese satellite Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) from southwestern China.<\/p>\n

About Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)<\/h2>\n
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1.\u00a0 The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a satellite created by France and China to detect and study gamma-ray bursts<\/span> (GRBs).<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 It was launched using a Long March-2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, China.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 The satellite weighs 930 kilograms and carries four instruments<\/span>, two from France and two from China.<\/p>\n

4. It orbits over 600 kilometers above Earth and is designed to last five years, though scientists believe it could work for up to 20 years.<\/p>\n

5. SVOM can help solve many mysteries about GRBs, including detecting the most distant ones in the universe, which are the oldest GRBs.<\/p>\n

6. The data collected will help test the laws of physics in extreme conditions that cannot be recreated on Earth and provide new insights into how the universe works.<\/p>\n

About Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)<\/h2>\n

1. GRBs are powerful bursts of energy<\/span> that usually happen when massive stars explode or when compact stars merge. These stars are often more than 20 times the size of the sun.<\/p>\n

2. These bursts are extremely bright and can release more energy than a billion billion suns.<\/p>\n

3. Observing GRBs is like looking back in time because the light from these events takes a long time to reach Earth<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4. As GRBs travel through space, they carry information about the gas clouds and galaxies they pass, which helps scientists learn more about the history and evolution of the universe.<\/p>\n

5. GRBs are difficult to detect because they can appear anywhere in the sky and last only a few seconds. Earth’s atmosphere absorbs them, so they must be observed from space.<\/p>\n

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