QUVIK (Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor) spacecraft and payload system design overview
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Proceedings of SPIE : Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024 : Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, PT 1 |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/13093/3021362/QUVIK-Quick-Ultra-VIolet-Kilonova-surveyor-spacecraft-and-payload-system/10.1117/12.3021362.short |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3021362 |
| Keywords | micro-satellite; ultraviolet; space telescope; kilonovae |
| Description | We present a spacecraft and payload system design of a UV space telescope on a similar to 130kg micro-satellite mission with a moderately fast repointing capability and near real-time alert communication. The mission, called Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonova surveyor - QUVIK, shall measure the brightness evolution of kilonovae, resulting from mergers of neutron stars simultaneously in the near-UV and far-UV band and thus it shall distinguish between different explosion scenarios. As a secondary objective the mission will also provide unique follow-up capabilities for other transients both in the near- and far-UV bands. The mission was selected for implementation by an ambitious Czech national mission program to promote the development of Czech science and space technology. |
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