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Issue A&A
Volume 411, Number 1, November III 2003
Special letters issue on: first science with integral
Page(s) L37 - L41
Section Letters
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031452



A&A 411, L37-L41 (2003)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20031452

Letter

Orbit design for launching INTEGRAL on the Proton/Block-DM launcher

N. A. Eismont1, A. V. Ditrikh2, G. Janin3, V. K. Karrask4, K. Clausen5, A. I. Medvedchikov6, S. V. Kulik6, N. A. Vtorushin6 and N. I. Yakushin6

1  Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 84/32, 117997 Moscow, Russia
2  Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Korolev, Russia
3  ESA-ESOC, Robert-Bosch-Str. 5, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
4  Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow, Russia
5  ESA-ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
6  Rosaviacosmos, Schepkina 42, 129857 Moscow, Russia

(Received 13 August 2003 / Accepted 18 September 2003)

Abstract
This paper describes some aspects of the mission design determined by use of the Proton/Block-DM launch vehicle in the version used for injection onto a highly elliptical orbit of the international gamma-ray astrophysics laboratory INTEGRAL. Methods and results used for choosing an operational orbit for INTEGRAL are presented.


Key words: space vehicles -- orbit evolution -- launch window

Offprint request: N. A. Eismont, neismont@iki.rssi.ru




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