Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Context: The Daksha project aims to build two high-energy space telescopes to study explosive astrophysical sources like gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave sources.
Each telescope will have sensors covering 1 keV to > 1 MeV. With two satellites orbiting opposite sides of Earth, Daksha offers significantly better coverage than existing missions and is expected to discover thousands of GRBs and dozens of high-energy counterparts to binary neutron star mergers over a five-year mission.
Other Gamma Ray Detection Missions:
- Astrosat: India’s multi-wavelength space observatory.
- Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope: NASA’s wide-range gamma-ray observatory.
- Swift Observatory: NASA’s mission to study gamma-ray bursts.
Source: Daksha
