One-arcsecond line-of-sight pointing control on exoplanetsat, a three-unit CubeSat

One-arcsecond line-of-sight pointing control on exoplanetsat, a three-unit CubeSat

ExoplanetSat is a proposed 10×10×34-cm space telescope designed to detect down to Earth-sized exoplanets in an orbit out to the habitable zone of bright, Sun-like stars via the transit method. Achieving this science objective requires one-arcsecond line-of-sight pointing control for the science CCD...

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Main Authors: Pong, Christopher Masaru (Contributor), Smith, Matthew William (Contributor), Knutson, Matthew W. (Contributor), Lim, Sungyung (Contributor), Seager, Sara (Contributor), Villasenor, Jesus Noel Samonte (Contributor), Murphy, Shawn D. (Contributor), Miller, David W (Author)
Other Authors: Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Space Systems Laboratory (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Miller, David W. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Univelt, Inc., 2013-10-24T20:24:02Z.
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