An overview of the Starlight Mission is presented. Mission summary: June 2006 launch to heliocentric orbit; Nominal 6 month mission with option of additional 6 month extension; Validate autonomous formation flying system: range control to 10 cm bearing, control to 4 arcmin; Demonstrate formation flying optical interferometry. The original 3 spacecraft design did not fit the budget. 2 spacecraft concept demonstrates all key areas of formation flying interferometry. Collector flown on the surface of a virtual paraboloid, with combiner at the focus. It Gives a baseline of 125 m with a fixed delay of only 14 m.


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    Title :

    Overview of the StarLight Mission


    Contributors:
    O. Lay (author) / G. Blackwood (author) / S. Dubovitsky (author) / R. Duren (author)

    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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