Fermi Science Support Center

Mission Status

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched from Kennedy Space Center on June 11, 2008. The observatory checkout phase completed on August 11, 2008, and Fermi is now in its first year of nominal science operations. The current status (and beautiful graphics) can be found at www.nasa.gov/fermi

For more details, see the homepages of the GBM, the LAT, and the ACD.

Fermi Resources include:

  • Observing Timeline - Interface to the Fermi Observatory pointing timelines (both planned and historical)
  • Observations - Descriptions of the different types of Fermi Science observations
  • User's Group - Home for the activities of the Fermi User's Group (FUG)
  • Multiwavelength Observations - Resources for observers interested in correlated observations with Fermi
  • Newsletter - subscribe to the various Fermi news mailing lists
  • Library - Fermi documentation, policy statements, and mission-related papers
  • News Archive - Preiously posted main page news items