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31 August 2022 Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS): science payload assembly, integration, and testing plan
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Abstract
The Star-planet activity research CubeSat (SPARCS) is a 6U CubeSat mission focused on dual channel, SPARCS farUV (153-171 nm) and near-UV (260-300 nm), photometric monitoring of nearby M-stars. These data will advance our understanding of the typical day-to-day UV environments around M stars and how these conditions evolve over the stars’ multibillion-year lifespans; critical factors that constrain the potential habitability of planets orbiting M stars, informing the search for life in the galaxy. This paper lays out the detailed plan for the SPARCS science payload assembly, integration, and testing (AIT), including the optical calibration and performance measurement methods for the science telescope, thermal vacuum bakeouts for part cleaning, ongoing contamination monitoring methods, and spectral performance measurements of the assembled payload camera. We will provide updates on AIT proceedings at ASU and the SPARCS thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) test facility built for UV CubeSat missions at Arizona State University’s School of Earth and space exploration.
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Logan Jensen, Johnathan Gamaunt, Paul Scowen, Matthew Beasley, Jim Austin, Todd Veach, Evgenya Shkolnik, Nathaniel Struebel, Daniel Jacobs, Judd Bowman, and Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa "Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS): science payload assembly, integration, and testing plan", Proc. SPIE 12181, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 121813K (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629562
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KEYWORDS
Sensors

Space operations

Telescopes

Ultraviolet radiation

Calibration

Optical fabrication

Mirrors

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