Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)

Official website: https://www.svom.eu/en/the-svom-mission/.

The SVOM mission (Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor) is a Franco-Chinese mission dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars,the gamma-ray bursts. It has been launched on June 22,2024 by the Chinese Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang launch base.

It is the result of a collaboration between the two national space agencies,CNSA (China National Space Administration) and CNES (Centre national d’études spatiales),with the main contributions of the Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (Irfu) and the Research Institute of Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP) for France and the National Astronomical Observatory (NAO) and the Beijing High Energy Institute (IHEP) for China.