Explorer-class astrobiology mission

Scott Sandford; Thomas P. Greene; Louis Allamandola; Roger Arno; Jesse D. Bregman; Sylvia Cox; Paul Kenneth Davis; Andrew Gonzalez; Michael R. Haas; Robert P. Hanel; Michael Hines; Daniel Hudgins; Robert Jackson; Peter Kittel; David Lozier; Scott S. Maa; Craig R. McCreight

doi:10.1117/12.393974

28 July 2000 Explorer-class astrobiology mission

Scott Sandford, Thomas P. Greene, Louis Allamandola, Roger Arno, Jesse D. Bregman, Sylvia Cox, Paul Kenneth Davis, Andrew Gonzalez, Michael R. Haas, Robert P. Hanel, Michael Hines, Daniel Hudgins, Robert Jackson, Peter Kittel, David Lozier, Scott S. Maa, Craig R. McCreight

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Proceedings Volume 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393974
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

In this paper we describe a potential new Explorer-class space mission, the AstroBiology Explorer (ABE), consisting of a relatively modest dedicated space observatory having a 50 cm aperture primary mirror which is passively cooled to T < 65 K, resides in a low-background orbit (heliocenter orbit at 1 AU, Earth drift-away), and is equipped with a suite of three moderate resolution spectrographs equipped with first-order cross-dispersers and large format (1024 X 1024 pixel) near- and mid-IR detector arrays cooled by a modest amount of cryogen.

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Scott Sandford, Thomas P. Greene, Louis Allamandola, Roger Arno, Jesse D. Bregman, Sylvia Cox, Paul Kenneth Davis, Andrew Gonzalez, Michael R. Haas, Robert P. Hanel, Michael Hines, Daniel Hudgins, Robert Jackson, Peter Kittel, David Lozier, Scott S. Maa, and Craig R. McCreight "Explorer-class astrobiology mission", Proc. SPIE 4013, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (28 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.393974

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