Twinkle: programme updates

Ian Stotesbury; Lawrence Bradley; Benjamin John Wilcock; Giovanna Tinetti; Marcell Tessenyi; Giorgio Savini; Philip Windred; Jonathan Tennyson

doi:10.1117/12.3018791

23 August 2024 Twinkle: programme updates

Ian Stotesbury, Lawrence Bradley, Benjamin John Wilcock, Giovanna Tinetti, Marcell Tessenyi, Giorgio Savini, Philip Windred, Jonathan Tennyson

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Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 1309213 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018791
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

Twinkle is one of the first in a series of innovative science satellites managed and operated by Blue Skies Space Ltd. The satellite design is based on a high-heritage Airbus platform, with a spectrometer designed by ABB Canada. The spacecraft will carry a 0.45 m telescope and a spectrometer that covers wavelengths from 0.5–4.5 𝜇m simultaneously. Placed in a thermally-stable, sun-synchronous, low-Earth orbit, the mission will operate for seven years and conduct large-scale survey programs. The first three years will focus on both Solar System and Extrasolar targets. This paper presents the satellite’s updated design, and key science themes developed by the Twinkle surveys’ members.

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Ian Stotesbury, Lawrence Bradley, Benjamin John Wilcock, Giovanna Tinetti, Marcell Tessenyi, Giorgio Savini, Philip Windred, and Jonathan Tennyson "Twinkle: programme updates", Proc. SPIE 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 1309213 (23 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018791

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