Issue |
A&A
Volume 411, Number 1, November III 2003
Special letters issue on: first science with integral
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Page(s) | L37 - L41 | |
Section | Letters | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031452 | |
Published online | 17 November 2003 |
Letter to the Editor
Orbit design for launching INTEGRAL on the Proton/Block-DM launcher
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
Corresponding author: N. A. Eismont, neismont@iki.rssi.ru
Received:
13
August
2003
Accepted:
18
September
2003
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
© ESO, 2003
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