GRANAT is the Russian x-ray sattelite launched to the high apogee orbit (200,000 km) and operated almost for 10 years (1989 -1999) , carrying out four major instruments: French SIGMA coded-mask hard x-ray telescope (30-1000 keV), Soviet ART-P coded-mask telescope (2??-60?? keV), all-sky monitor WATCH (6-150 keV), and a gamma-burst detector PHEBUS . ... Since September 1994, GRANAT is in the survey mode. ... Explore pages devoted to individual GRANAT instruments (including main scientific results): . ...

Ground Support of RadioAstron . Control and Tracking Stations . RadioAstron satellite control (command transmission, telemetry, orbit measurements) will be conducted from Evpatoria and Bear Lake control stations. ... Coarse orbit measurements will be carried out from control stations. Each measurement takes ten minutes. ... Orbit measurements at tracking stations give only radial component of spacecraft velocity but the measurements are going continuously during observing sessions. ...

YAMAL-200 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE . Spacecraft Yamal-100, Yamal-200 were developed by the Corporation based on the S.P.Korolev RSC Energia-designed Multi-purpose Satellite Bus under a contract with Gascom within the framework of the Russian Federal SpaceProgram. ... Yamal-200 satellites were launched on November 24, 2003 at 9 hours 22 minutes, Moscow Time. Proton-K launch vehicle put the orbital module into its reference orbit. ... Orbit . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... Instead, we only get timing information when data are dumped to the ground from the onboard computer from which we may infer when things happened. ... A UDL is always dumped from the spacecraft prior to the start of a science exposure, effectively flagging the start of the observation. ... For RAPID mode observations, the data are dumped as soon as they are taken. ... For ACCUM mode observations, a second UDL is dumped at the end of the exposure and prior to reading out any science data. ...

... Science . ... Science Users Information > Observing Facilities > Paranal Facilities > Paranal Science Operations . ... Paranal Telescopes . VLT Unit Telescopes . VLTI . ... Paranal Science Operations . ... September 2013: As mentioned in the CfP for P93 (section 5.1.2), ESO reserves the right to allocate time in Designated Visitor Mode (dVM) on the VLT(I) telescopes instead of in regular Visitor Mode. ... General VLT/VLTI Science Operations Policy as defined by the ESO Council (pdf) . ...