{
  "bibcode": "2017GCN.21658....1S",
  "body": "V. Savchenko (ISDC, University of Geneva, CH)\non behalf of the INTEGRAL group:\nS. Mereghetti (IASF-Milano, Italy),\nC. Ferrigno ((ISDC, University of Geneva, CH),\nE. Kuulkers (ESTEC/ESA, The Netherlands),\nA. Bazzano (IAPS-Roma, Italy), E. Bozzo,\nT. J.-L. Courvoisier (ISDC, University of Geneva, CH)\nS. Brandt (DTU - Denmark) R. Diehl (MPE-Garching, Germany)\nL. Hanlon (UCD, Ireland) P. Laurent (APC, Saclay/CEA, France)\nA. Lutovinov (IKI, Russia) J.P. Roques (CESR, France)\nR. Sunyaev (IKI, Russia) P. Ubertini (IAPS-Roma, Italy)\n\nThe INTEGRAL spacecraft has a highly elliptical orbit and the\ninstruments are switched off around the perigee passage, every 2.6\ndays, to prevent radiation-induced damages. Unfortunately, at the time\nof the LIGO/Virgo trigger G298936 (2017-08-23 13:13:58 UTC) the\nspacecraft was preparing to the start the observations after the\nperigee passage between the orbits number 1853 and 1854 and no\nscientific instrument data are available before\n2017-08-23T13:34:33.565 (~20 minutes after the event).",
  "circularId": 21658,
  "createdOn": 1503502333000,
  "email": "savchenk@apc.in2p3.fr",
  "subject": "LIGO/Virgo G298936: INTEGRAL was inactive at the time of the event",
  "submitter": "Volodymyr Savchenko at APC,Paris  <savchenk@apc.in2p3.fr>",
  "eventId": "LIGO/Virgo G298936"
}