SIM-PlanetQuest Mission: Progress Report and Current Status
- Paper number
IAC-06-A3.1.01
- Author
Mr. James C. Marr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Mr. Stephen Edberg, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Stephen Unwin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Wesley Traub, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Robert Laskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Coauthor
Dr. Jeffery Yu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
- Year
2006
- Abstract
The SIM-PlanetQuest Mission will be the first, in-space, long-baseline Michelson Stellar Interferometer. SIM-PlanetQuest will perform precision astrometry at the micro-arcsecond accuracy level, which will be used to characterize planetary systems around stars within ten parsecs of the Sun and address a number of other key issues in astrophysics. This paper provides an update relative to the IAC 2005 paper on SIM-PlanetQuest, providing perspectives on the overall SIM-PlanetQuest Mission, including: science objectives, key top level requirements, how the mission will be implemented (technical and programmatic), technology development status, an assessment of where the project is today, and prognosis for the future. SIM-PlanetQuest supports the U.S. Vision for Exploration and is supported by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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