The objective of the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission is to find and characterize earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Three architectural options are under consideration for this mission: a formation-flying interferometer (FFI), a structurally-connected interferometer, and a coronagraph.


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    Title :

    An overview of formation flying technology development for the Terrestrial Planet Finder mission


    Contributors:
    Regehr, M. (author) / Landin, B. (author) / Purcell, G. (author) / Scharf, D. (author) / Tien, J. (author) / Wette, M. (author) / Ahmed, A. (author) / Aung, M. (author)

    Publication date :

    2004-03-06


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English