The PICTURE-C exoplanetary direct imaging balloon mission: first flight preparation

Christopher B. Mendillo; Kuravi Hewawasam; Glenn A. Howe; Jason Martel; Timothy A. Cook; Supriya Chakrabarti

doi:10.1117/12.2529710

9 September 2019 The PICTURE-C exoplanetary direct imaging balloon mission: first flight preparation

Christopher B. Mendillo, Kuravi Hewawasam, Glenn A. Howe, Jason Martel, Timothy A. Cook, Supriya Chakrabarti

Proceedings Volume 11117, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IX; 1111707 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529710
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Planetary Imaging Concept Testbed Using a Recoverable Experiment - Coronagraph (PICTURE-C) mission will directly image debris disks and exozodiacal dust around nearby stars from a high-altitude balloon using a vector vortex coronagraph. The first flight of PICTURE-C was recently rescheduled by NASA for September, 2019. This paper describes preparations for the first flight of PICTURE-C, including the final mission design, flight integration process and observation plan. Laboratory measurements of the low-order wavefront control system and coronagraph performance are also presented.

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Christopher B. Mendillo, Kuravi Hewawasam, Glenn A. Howe, Jason Martel, Timothy A. Cook, and Supriya Chakrabarti "The PICTURE-C exoplanetary direct imaging balloon mission: first flight preparation", Proc. SPIE 11117, Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IX, 1111707 (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529710

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