INTEGRAL

Object	Data Files	Comments
INTEGRAL Gamma Ray satellite.	INTEGRAL Gamma Ray satellite ESA home page (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) Note: The INTEGRAL Web site includes a link to ESA's "Satellites in Orbit" script. It generates links to information about various spacecraft, including INTEGRAL. These pages include Javascript and 3D Flash displays of models of the satellites. Unfortunately, direct links to those pages do not work.	See also: INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre
	integral.zip (1MB, 6Feb2003) This .ZIP file includes both the ssc and 3ds files below. When decompressed into your Celestia directory, ZIP should put the .SSC and .3DS files in the appropriate subdirectories automatically.
INTEGRAL (This is a link to a much larger image.)	integral.ssc (1.5KB; 6Feb2003) updated to display the model integral.3ds. See below. This file should go in your Celestia/extras directory.	Orbital paramters as obtained from JPL's Horizons Ephemeris System
	integral.3ds (3MB; 6Feb03) Note: Please download the 1MB integral.zip instead. Otherwise, you may have to use your browser's "Save Target As..." option. This file should go in your Celestia/models directory.	Integral satellite model courtesy of ESA

Significant events:
- Launch date: 04:41 UT 17-Oct-2002
- Highly eccentric orbit: perigee height: 9,000km, apogee height: 153,000km, 72 hour period. This is to maximize the "loiter" time outside the Van Allen belts.
- The perigee height will gradually increase to 13,000km over 5 years; then inclination will be changed from 60 to 85 degrees.

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