The Current Performance of the Third Interplanetary Network
arXiv:astro-ph/0201374 · doi:10.1063/1.1579405
Abstract
The 3rd Interplanetary Network (IPN) has been operating since April 2001 with two distant spacecraft, Ulysses and Mars Odyssey, and numerous near-Earth spacecraft, such as BeppoSAX, Wind, and HETE-II. Mars Odyssey is presently in orbit about Mars, and the network has detected approximately 30 cosmic, SGR, and solar bursts. We discuss the results obtained to date and use them to predict the future performance of the network.
To appear in the proceedings of the conference on Gamma-Ray Bursts and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission, to be published by AIP