Gamma Ray Burst Detector (KONUS) on WIND

The main purpose of the Wind spacecraft is to measure the incoming
solar wind, magnetic fields and particles, although early on it will
also observe the Earth's foreshock region. Wind, together with
Geotail, Polar, SOHO, and Cluster projects, constitute a cooperative
scientific satellite project designated the International Solar
Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program which aims at gaining improved
understanding of the physics of solar terrestrial relations.

The KONUS detectors and spacecraft form an additional element in the
interplanetary gamma-ray network. The mission objectives involve
timing and spectra of cosmic gamma-ray bursts, localization of sources
through comparisons with other spacecraft, identification of sources
of bursts, measurement of emission and absorption line features in
bursts, timing and spectra of impulsive solar flares, a stereo view of
flares through comparison with other spacecraft, and the determination
of the isotropy of high energy flare emission. KONUS is similar to the
TGRS instrument, also on WIND.

KONUS data is available from the Polar-Wind-Geotail (PWG) Data Archive
(ftp://pwgdata.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/00readme.html) and at the NSSDC
CDAWeb (http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/cdaweb/)