The ESA astronomy missions at L2: FIRST and Planck

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 185-196

  Felici, F ^a   Hechler, M ^a   Vandenbussche, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LAUNCHING; MANEUVERABILITY; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM; COSMOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); SPACE FLIGHT;

ASTRONOMY MISSIONS;

ASTRONOMY; ORBITS;

ASTRONOMY MISSIONS; COOLING TECHNOLOGY; COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION; KELVIN TEMPERATURES; SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; VIEWING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0035239234     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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1. The FIRST project
2. The FIRST mission: Baseline science objectives and operations
3. The HIFI heterodyne instrument for FIRST: Capabilities and performance
4. An optimised photo-conductor instrument for FIRST
5. The design of a bolometer instrument for FIRST
6. Materials: Solutions and avoidance of problems; ISO and FIRST
7. The FIRST-Planck mission cryogenic systems-current status on astronomical telescopes and instruments
8. The FIRST and Planck 'Carrier' missions-description of the cryogenic systems
9. Orbital aspects of the SOHO mission design
10. Halo orbits and lunar swingby missions of the 1990's
11. Study refinement of semi-analytical halo orbit theory
12. Low energy transfer to Mars and the Moon using fuzzy boundary theory
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15. FIRST/Planck and GAIA mission analysis: Launch windows with eclipse avoidance manoeuvres
16. FIRST/Planck mission analysis: Transfer to lissajous orbit using the stable manifold