7 October

2002: On 7 October 2002, the Integral logo was fixed to the side of the Proton rocket due to launch ESA's Integral mission later in the month.

Located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, final operations were carried out on Integral's fairing on 5 October. This included mechanical operations such as filling up access holes, fixing venting ports and some electrical checks. Now that the Integral spacecraft was within the fairing, the Proton launch authorities were driving the schedule of activities, according to their proven record of timely launches.

The Integral logo, brought over from ESTEC, was fixed on 7 October.

The top section of the rocket was lifted on 8 October by two cranes and loaded onto a railcar for transport to the Launcher Integration Building.

1990: On 7 October 1990, the fastest escape velocity from Earth was achieved by the ESA/NASA Ulysses spacecraft after deployment from the US Space Shuttle Discovery. The speed measured 54 614 kilometres per hour. Ulysses was en route to an orbit around the poles of the Sun via a fly-by of Jupiter.