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A new software package, version 4.0, for the Automated Web-based Analysis System for Fast Detection of Gamma-ray Transients (AGILE-GRID) data analysis is available from the AGILE Data Centre webpage.

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Title: First AGILE Catalogue of High Confidence Gamma-Ray Sources
Authors: C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia, A. W. Chen, A. Bulgarelli, A. Pellizzoni, A. Giuliani, S. Vercellone, F. Longo, M. Tavani, P. Giommi, G. Barbiellini, M. Trifoglio, F. Gianotti, A. Argan, A. Antonelli, F. Boffelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, V. Cocco, S. Colafrancesco, T. Contessi, E. Costa, S. Cutini, F. D'Ammando, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, Y. Evangelista, G. Fanari, M. Feroci, A. Ferrari, M. Fiorini, F. Fornari, F. Fuschino, T. Froysland, M. Frutti, M. Galli, D. Gasparrini, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, F. Liello, P. Lipari, E. Mattaini, M. Marisaldi, M. Mastropietro, A. Mauri, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti, E. Morelli, E. Moretti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, M. Prest,
R. Primavera, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, E. Rossi, A. Rubini, S. Sabatini, P. Santolamazza, E. Scalise, P. Soffitta, S. Stellato, E. Striani, F. Tamburelli, A. Traci, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, V. Vittorini, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, L. Salotti
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We present the first catalogue of high-confidence gamma-ray sources detected by the AGILE satellite during observations performed from July 9, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Catalogued sources are detected by merging all the available data over the entire time period. AGILE, launched in April 2007, is an ASI mission devoted to gamma-ray observations in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy range, with simultaneous X-ray imaging capability in the 18-60 keV band. This catalogue is based on Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) data for energies greater than 100 MeV. For the first AGILE catalogue we adopted a conservative analysis, with a high-quality event filter optimised to select gamma-ray events within the central zone of the instrument Field of View (radius of 40 degrees). This is a significance-limited (4 sigma) catalogue, and it is not a complete flux-limited sample due to the non-uniform first year AGILE sky coverage. The catalogue includes 47 sources, 21 of which are associated with confirmed or candidate pulsars, 13 with Blazars (7 FSRQ, 4 BL Lacs, 2 unknown type), 2 with HMXRBs, 2 with SNRs, 1 with a colliding-wind binary system, 8 with unidentified sources.

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Title: The AGILE Mission
Authors: M. Tavani, et al., for the AGILE Collaboration

AGILE is an Italian Space Agency mission dedicated to the observation of the gamma-ray Universe. The AGILE very innovative instrumentation combines for the first time a gamma-ray imager (sensitive in the energy range 30 MeV - 50 GeV), a hard X-ray imager (sensitive in the range 18-60 keV) together with a Calorimeter (sensitive in the range 300 keV - 100 MeV) and an anticoincidence system. AGILE was successfully launched on April 23, 2007 from the Indian base of Sriharikota and was inserted in an equatorial orbit with a very low particle background. AGILE provides crucial data for the study of Active Galactic Nuclei, Gamma-Ray Bursts, pulsars, unidentified gamma-ray sources, Galactic compact objects, supernova remnants, TeV sources, and fundamental physics by microsecond timing. An optimal angular resolution (reaching 0.1-0.2 degrees in gamma-rays, 1-2 arcminutes in hard X-rays) and very large fields of view (2.5 sr and 1 sr, respectively) are obtained by the use of Silicon detectors integrated in a very compact instrument. The paper describes the AGILE Mission and its space and ground segments.

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In its eleventh flight, conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, this afternoon (April 23, 2007), ISROs Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C8, successfully launched the 352 kg Italian astronomical satellite, AGILE, into a 550 km circular orbit, inclined at an angle of 2.5 deg to the equator.
PSLV-C8 mission was unique in many respects. In this mission, PSLV was flown, for the first time, without the six strap-on motors of the first stage. Also, for the first time, PSLV launched a satellite into an equatorial circular orbit of 550 km. PSLV-C8 was the first major commercial launch the contract for which was won against stiff international competition.

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India's first commercial rocket has been launched into space.
The rocket, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), took off from the Sriharikota base in southern India at 1530 Indian time (10:00 GMT).
It is carrying a 352kg Italian satellite which will gather information about the origins of the universe.

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 On Monday, India will launch its first commercial satellite - an Italian one called Agile. But there are several other firsts ISRO is attempting.
With the help of small manufacturers, ISRO has been working on the 'Air Breathing Rocket' for the last few years.

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ISRO's first commercial launch of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to take place on April 23rd from Sriharikota.
The space agency's PSLV will launch an Italian satellite.
This is a commercial launch. We have got a European satellite built by an Italian company for a space agency carrying out a scientific mission.

"This is a commercial launch. We have got a European satellite built by an Italian company for a space agency carrying out a scientific mission. It has got an X-ray and gamma ray detectors, primarily for looking at radiations on earth and outside. It will definitely enrich scientific knowledge" - Madhavan Nair, Chairperson, ISRO

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India's space agency on Wednesday said it was set to launch a foreign satellite as the primary payload on a home-grown rocket for the first time on April 23.
The Italian satellite Agile will be launched as the primary payload on the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota spaceport

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The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) workhorse rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), will undergo its first commercial launch at the end of May when it launches an Italian satellite, Agile. The satellite will study galaxies and stars with the aid of X-ray detectors, ISRO chairman, G Madhavan Nair, told reporters.

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