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Title: Launch of the Space experiment PAMELA
Authors: M. Casolino, P. Picozza, F. Altamura, A. Basili, N. De Simone, V. Di Felice, M. P. De Pascale, L. Marcelli, M. Minori, M. Nagni, R. Sparvoli, A. M. Galper, V. V. Mikhailov, M. F. Runtso, S. A. Voronov, Y. T. Yurkin, V. G. Zverev, G. Castellini, O. Adriani, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, E. Taddei, E. Vannuccini, D. Fedele, P. Papini, S. B. Ricciarini, P. Spillantini, M. Ambriola, F. Cafagna, C. De Marzo, G. C. Barbarino, D. Campana, G. De Rosa, G. Osteria, S. Russo, G. A. Bazilevskaja, A. N. Kvashnin, O. Maksumov, S. Misin, Yu. I. Stozhkov, E. A. Bogomolov, S. Yu. Krutkov, N. N. Nikonov, V. Bonvicini, M. Boezio, J. Lundquist, E. Mocchiutti, A. Vacchi, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, L. Bongiorno, M. Ricci, P. Carlson, P. Hofverberg, J. Lund, S. Orsi, M. Pearce, W. Menn, M. Simon

PAMELA is a satellite borne experiment designed to study with great accuracy cosmic rays of galactic, solar, and trapped nature in a wide energy range protons: 80 MeV-700 GeV, electrons 50 MeV-400 GeV). Main objective is the study of the antimatter component: antiprotons (80 MeV-190 GeV), positrons (50 MeV-270 GeV) and search for antimatter with a precision of the order of 10^-8). The experiment, housed on board the Russian Resurs-DK1 satellite, was launched on June, 15, 2006 in a 350*600 km orbit with an inclination of 70 degrees. The detector is composed of a series of scintillator counters arranged at the extremities of a permanent magnet spectrometer to provide charge, Time-of-Flight and rigidity information. Lepton/hadron identification is performed by a Silicon-Tungsten calorimeter and a Neutron detector placed at the bottom of the device. An Anticounter system is used offline to reject false triggers coming from the satellite. In self-trigger mode the Calorimeter, the neutron detector and a shower tail catcher are capable of an independent measure of the lepton component up to 2 TeV. In this work we describe the experiment, its scientific objectives and the performance in the first months after launch.

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Title: PAMELA - A Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
Authors: P. Picozza, A.M. Galper, G. Castellini, O. Adriani, F. Altamura, M. Ambriola, G.C. Barbarino, A. Basili, G.A. Bazilevskaja, R. Bencardino, M. Boezio, E.A. Bogomolov, L. Bonechi, M. Bongi, L. Bongiorno, V. Bonvicini, F. Cafagna, D. Campana, P. Carlson, M. Casolino, C. De Marzo, M.P. De Pascale, G. De Rosa, D. Fedele, P. Hofverberg, S.V. Koldashov, S.Yu. Krutkov, A.N. Kvashnin, J. Lund, J. Lundquist, O. Maksumov, V. Malvezzi, L. Marcelli, W. Menn, V.V. Mikhailov, M. Minori, S. Misin, E. Mocchiutti, A. Morselli, N.N. Nikonov, S. Orsi, G. Osteria, P. Papini, M. Pearce, M. Ricci, S.B. Ricciarini, M.F. Runtso, S. Russo, M. Simon, R. Sparvoli, P. Spillantini, Yu.I. Stozhkov, E. Taddei, A. Vacchi, E. Vannuccini, S.A. Voronov, Y.T. Yurkin, G. Zampa, N. Zampa, V.G. Zverev

The PAMELA experiment is a satellite-borne apparatus designed to study charged particles in the cosmic radiation with a particular focus on antiparticles. PAMELA is mounted on the Resurs DK1 satellite that was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on June 15th 2006. The PAMELA apparatus comprises a time-of-flight system, a magnetic spectrometer, a silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter, an anticoincidence system, a shower tail catcher scintillator and a neutron detector. The combination of these devices allows antiparticles to be reliably identified from a large background of other charged particles. This paper reviews the design, space qualification and on-ground performance of PAMELA. The in-orbit performance will be discussed in future publications.

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A Soyuz-U Rocket Body launched on the 15th June 2006 from the Baikonour Cosmodrome for the Resurs DK1 mission, is predicted to re-enter the earths atmosphere on the 28th June @ 18:34 UTC ± 48 hours

TLE Data

SL-4 R/B
1 29229U 06021B 06177.85884257 .02578760 43686-5 46614-3 0 386
2 29229 069.9553 031.4121 0041861 038.0059 322.4132 16.29358597 1845
1 29229U 06021B 06177.61320612 .02232930 43523-5 44270-3 0 371
2 29229 069.9468 032.1624 0044365 039.2095 321.3828 16.28140826 1800
1 29229U 06021B 06177.55178064 .02125821 43401-5 43991-3 0 369
2 29229 069.9521 032.3543 0044888 040.0359 320.5711 16.27652947 1796
1 29229U 06021B 06176.81380809 +.01501468 +42891-5 +37841-3 0 00339
2 29229 069.9596 034.6087 0053534 040.9114 320.5042 16.24495316001678
1 29229U 06021B 06176.19758182 .01443851 42679-5 40204-3 0 313
2 29229 069.9592 036.4910 0060741 043.1628 317.4410 16.22414073 1574

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According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, Resurs-DK1 is working well.

"The flight program (for Resurs-DK1) for the last 24 hours has been fulfilled" - Igor Panarin, The Russian space agency's press secretary

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The first satellite built to detect antimatter in space launched safely yesterday, boosting the chances of identifying the mysterious 'dark matter' that makes up more than 80% of the stuff in the Universe.

The PAMELA probe (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 June, carrying instruments that will catch antiprotons and positrons, the mirror particles of protons and electrons.

High-energy particles from elsewhere in the Universe, called cosmic rays, constantly rain down onto the Earth: some are neutrons, some are atomic nuclei and some are antimatter. But previous attempts to survey the drops of antimatter in the downpour have been restricted to balloon flights. These last for days or weeks at most and catch a mere handful of the elusive antiparticles that are almost entirely absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere.

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There seems to have been a few problems with the communications system, which occurred in the first hours after the launch.

"The tests of the onboard equipment have started and should take around two days before the satellite should be put into working orbit" - Valery Lydnin, mission control spokesman.

TLE Data
OBJECT 2006-021
1 29228U 06021A 06167.10288289 .00921992 40517-5 64986-3 0 36
2 29228 069.9578 063.7534 0109459 060.2049 089.8944 16.03885106 118

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OBJECT 2006-021B
1 29229U 06021B 06167.10311760 .00438751 40276-5 32821-3 0 39
2 29229 069.9409 063.7060 0115513 059.9351 087.5337 16.02085029 100

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Resurs-DK was launched at 12.00 Moscow time from the spaceport Baikonur spaceport.

The spacecraft separated from the carrier 8.5 minutes after the launch.
Resurs-DK was built for distant earth probing , environmental control, and monitoring of natural and man-made disasters.
The spacecraft is capable of surveying up to 700,000 square kilometres, with a resolution of one meter, daily. Its navigation is based on Russia's global navigation satellite system Glonass.
Resurs-DK will be operable for three years.

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The Resurs-DK1 satellite has been successfully launched, and is now in the correct orbit.

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The Resurs-DK satellite is set to launch early tomorrow morning aboard a Russian Soyuz-U rocket.
Lift-off is at 08:00 UT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Russian Resurs DK-1 remote sensing spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on June 15th, possibly at 08:00 UT

Two other scientific Payloads will be included with the Resurs-DK.
The PAMELA experiment, intended for the investigation of Cosmic Rays, is based on an international collaboration, involving about 100 physicists. The PAMELA apparatus will detect of high energy charged particles.
The Russian scientific equipment ARINA will detect and locate the source of high energy electrons and protons.

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