Instruments
The SVOM spacecraft carries four multi-wavelength instruments: ECLAIRs, Gamma Ray burst Monitor (GRM), Microchannel X-ray Telescope (MXT) and Visible Telescope (VT). ECLAIRs and GRM can detect gamma-ray transient sources in real-time with localization capabilities for ECLAIRs. SVOM can transfer the alerts in near real-time with a typical latency of less than 30s and perform autonomous slew to allow x-ray and optical follow-up of the source with the smaller field of view instruments: MXT and VT.
Instrument |
Energy Range |
Field of View |
Localization |
ECLAIRs |
4 - 250 keV |
2 ster |
~10ʹ radius (statistical + systematic) |
GRM |
15 - 5000 keV |
2.6 ster |
~10 degrees |
MXT |
0.2 - 10 keV |
1.1° x 1.1° |
~10-100ʺ radius (statistical + systematic) |
VT |
450 - 650 nm (Blue band)
650 - 1000 nm (Red band)
|
26ʹ x 26’ |
~1ʺ radius |