[FPSPACE] Spektr Roentgen Gamma

[Brian Harvey]

Spektr Roentgen Gamma


Dwayne Allen Day asked about the Spektr Roentgen Gamma project.  My
understanding is that Russia approached the European Space Agency in advance
of the October 2000 ESA Council meeting asking for €20m in exchange for
ESA's full access to the scientific data arising.  However, I don't have the
text of the actual ESA decision at the end of the day.

In advance of the meeting, each country was asked individually for support
for the proposal.  I know that the Irish government representative was asked
to support the Russian proposal.

On other Russian scientific missions, I know that Koronas F is still in the
pipeline (the first Koronas was in 1994).  I have heard a date of 2001.


Brian Harvey