CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 7731 > Article
Paper
9 August 2010 Overview of past and future space missions dedicated to exoplanet research
L. Puig, S. Carpano, N. Rando, A. Stankov, I. Escudero
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 77314I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856416
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
As more and more exoplanets are being discovered, there is a strong motivation for pushing the limits of current detection methods and atmosphere characterization techniques. The scientific goal is ultimately to discover small rocky exoplanets in the habitable zone of their host star and to determine whether their atmosphere contains any bio-markers. Space observatories play an important role in this field, especially in the IR where ground telescopes are limited by atmospheric absorption and where the star/exoplanet contrast is the lowest. This paper provides an overview of past and current efforts in the field of space telescopes dedicated to exoplanet research, with an emphasis on ESA missions. Spacecraft design drivers, highlighting the impact of exoplanet research requirements on the spacecraft design, are explained when possible. A preliminary mission concept, assessed in the ESA Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), dedicated to spectroscopic measurements of known exoplanets with the capability to observe several transits of a few hundred exoplanets, is outlined and the key design challenges shortly discussed.
© (2010) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
L. Puig, S. Carpano, N. Rando, A. Stankov, and I. Escudero "Overview of past and future space missions dedicated to exoplanet research", Proc. SPIE 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 77314I (9 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856416
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.
INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION
PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
PERSONAL SIGN IN
No SPIE Account? Create one
PURCHASE THIS CONTENT
SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY
50 downloads per 1-year subscription
Members: $195
Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART
25 downloads per 1 - year subscription
Members: $145
Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART
PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE
Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available
Members: $17.00
Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART
PROCEEDINGS
 17 PAGES
DOWNLOAD PAPER SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Exoplanets
Stars
Telescopes
Space telescopes
Space operations
Planets
Sensors
RELATED CONTENT
Space telescope design to directly image the habitable zone of...
Proceedings of SPIE (September 16 2015)
Status of the assessment phase of the ESA M3 mission...
Proceedings of SPIE (September 21 2012)
Science and technology drivers for future giant telescopes
Proceedings of SPIE (September 28 2004)
In flight photometric performance of the 96Mpx focal plane array...
Proceedings of SPIE (September 14 2011)
The Transit Characterization Explorer (TRACER)
Proceedings of SPIE (July 14 2008)
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top