In this paper, we evaluate the viability of Cubesats as an attractive platform for lightweight instrumentation by describing a proof of concept CubeSat that houses an astrophotonic chip for transit spectroscopy-based exoplanet atmosphere gas sensing. The Twin Earth SEnsoR Astrophotonic CubesaT (TESERACT) was designed to house a correlation spectroscopy chip along with an electrical and optical system for operation. We investigate design challenges and considerations in incorporating astrophotonic instrumentation such as component integration, thermal management and optical alignment. This work aims to be a pathfinder for demonstrating that astrophotonic-based CubeSat missions can perform leading edge, targeted science in lower-cost CubeSat platforms.


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    Titel :

    TESERACT: twin Earth sensor astrophotonic CubeSat


    Beteiligte:
    Coyle, Laura E. (Herausgeber:in) / Matsuura, Shuji (Herausgeber:in) / Perrin, Marshall D. (Herausgeber:in) / deLoughery, Tyler (Autor:in) / Lauzon, Clayton (Autor:in) / Sims, Haydn (Autor:in) / Almuhtadi, Wahab (Autor:in) / Cheriton, Ross (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave ; 2024 ; Yokohama, Japan


    Erschienen in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 13092


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    23.08.2024





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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