The INTEGRAL ground segment and its science operations centre

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Issue		A&A Volume 411, Number 1, November III 2003 Special letters issue on: first science with integral


Page(s)		L49 - L52
Section		Letters
DOI		http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031252

A&A 411, L49-L52 (2003)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031252

Letter

The INTEGRAL ground segment and its science operations centre

R. Much¹, P. Barr¹, L. Hansson¹, E. Kuulkers¹, P. Maldari², J. Nolan¹, T. Oosterbroek¹, A. Orr¹, A. N. Parmar¹, M. Schmidt², J. Sternberg¹, O. R. Williams¹ and C. Winkler¹

¹ Research and Scientific Support Department of ESA, ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
² ESA-ESOC, Mission Operations Department, Robert-Bosch Str. 5, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany

(Received 2 July 2003 / Accepted 14 August 2003)

Abstract
The INTEGRAL ground segment is divided into operational and scientific components. The operational component consists of the Mission Operations Centre, the ground stations and communications lines while the scientific component comprises of a Science Operations Centre and Science Data Centre.

The overall architecture of the ground segment is described paying particular attention to the tasks and functionalities of the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre.

Key words: miscellaneous

Offprint request: R. Much, Rudolf.Much@rssd.esa.int

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