The Ariel FGS - current design and implementation

Konrad R. Skup, Miroslaw Rataj, Piotr Wawer, Mateusz Sobiecki, Kamil Ber, Konrad Rutkowski, Przemysław Nita, Grzegorz Szymanski, Marianna Fulara, Marcin Sobolewski, Nils Thernstrom, Łukasz Kuryłowicz, Daniel Półtorak, Aleksandra Mirońska, Marek Winkler, Maurycy Ciarka, Bradley Neuse, Roland Ottensamer, Gerald Mösenlechner, Armin LuntzerWarren Holmes, Renaud Goullioud, Mauro Focardi, Raoul Grimoldi

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Abstract

The FGS is one of two scientific instruments on board the ESA ARIEL space telescope, which ESA plans to launch in 2029. The aim of the mission is to characterize the atmospheres of several hundred different exoplanets. The FGS is an opto-electronic instrument – a photometer and a near infra-red spectrometer. Although FGS stands for Fine Guidance System, in fact it has two main goals: to deliver scientific data of observed exoplanets, precisely speaking, their atmospheres, and to support the spacecraft’s AOCS with very precise pointing and guiding towards observation objects. This paper presents an overview of the current FGS design and implementation. The instrument is in the middle step between successfully passed iPDR and upcoming iCDR. Up to now, the team successfully built a prototype of the instrument, and is working on the manufacturing of the engineering and engineering-qualification models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024
Subtitle of host publicationOptical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
EditorsLaura E. Coyle, Shuji Matsuura, Marshall D. Perrin
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages6
Volume13092
ISBN (Electronic)9781510675070
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jul 2024
EventSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: 16 Jun 202422 Jun 2024

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume13092
ISSN0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceSpace Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period16/06/2422/06/24

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 103003 Astronomy
  • 103038 Space exploration
  • 102022 Software development

Keywords

  • ARIEL
  • exoplanets
  • exoplanets atmospheres
  • FGS
  • photometer
  • satellite guiding systems
  • spectrometer

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