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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0308245,
title = {The INTEGRAL ground segment and its science operations centre},
author = {R. Much and P. Barr and L. Hansson and E. Kuulkers and P. Maldari and J. Nolan and T. Oosterbroek and A. Orr and A. N. Parmar and M. Schmidt and J. Sternberg and O. R. Williams and C. Winkler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0308245},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in A&A