Launch of the Space experiment PAMELA
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

TL;DR
PAMELA is a satellite experiment launched in 2006 to precisely measure cosmic rays, especially antimatter components like antiprotons and positrons, across a wide energy range, aiming to understand cosmic ray origins and antimatter presence.
Contribution
This paper details the design, objectives, and initial performance of the PAMELA satellite experiment, highlighting its capabilities in antimatter detection and cosmic ray analysis.
Findings
Successful launch and deployment in 2006
Effective detection of cosmic ray particles and antimatter components
Initial data shows promising performance in scientific objectives
Abstract
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…
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