SuperAGILE is a coded mask experiment based on silicon microstrip detectors. It operates in the 15-45 keV nominal energy range, providing crossed one-dimensional images of the X-ray sky with an on-axis angular resolution of 6 arcmin, over a field of view in excess of 1 steradian. It was designed as the hard X-ray monitor of the AGILE space mission, a small satellite of the Italian Space Agency devoted to image the gamma-ray sky in the 30 MeV - 50 GeV energy band. The AGILE mission was launched in a low-earth orbit on 23^{rd} April 2007. In this paper we describe the SuperAGILE experiment, its construction and test processes, and its performance before flight, based on the on-ground test and calibrations.

SuperAGILE是一个基于硅微带探测器的编码掩模实验。 它在15-45keV额定能量范围内工作，提供交叉 轴上角分辨率为6的X射线天空的一维图像 Armin，在超过1立方的视场上。它被设计成 意大利的一颗小卫星敏捷太空任务的硬X射线监视器 美国航天局致力于拍摄30 MeV-50 GeV能量中的伽马射线天空图像 乐队。敏捷任务于4月23日在近地轨道上发射 2007年。本文介绍了SuperAGILE实验，它的结构和工作原理。 基于地面测试的测试流程及其在飞行前的性能 和校准。