Three months ago, ESA' integral Gamma Ray Obsrvatory was launched. the spacecraft has now been checked out, calibrated and it is now producing data for hundreds of scientist across the globe. A series of two exchanges programmes will provide an updated presentation on integral, and some early results and images from the mission that show the stunning performance of the instruments. Today's transmission features the updated presentation of the mission.
The programme comprises of a 5-minute A-roll with split audio and is complimented by a B-roll with clean international sound.

INTEGRAL PRESENTATION 2003
00:44
17. October 2002, it is precisely 10:41 am local time in Baikonur in Kazakhstan. On board of a Russian Proton rocket, the International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, INTEGRAL, starts his journey for the most exiting mission in gamma-ray astronomy. After re-ignition of its upper stage, it places Integral in an elliptical orbit, ranging from just 600 km up to 153000 km from the Earth, nearly half the distance to the Moon. A few days later, Integral's own motors are used to place the satellite into the perfect orbit for gamma-ray observations by raising the perigee height to 9000 km, well above the Earth's radiation belts.
01:35
ESA built Integral to solve some of the biggest mysteries in astronomy. Its task is to gather gamma-rays, the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It sounds paradoxical but the events that made the universe habitable were catastrophic. Stellar explosions that provided the energy that was needed to form the elements from which planet