SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere

Gill, Ajay S.; Benton, Steven J.; Damaren, Christopher J.; Everett, Spencer W.; Fraisse, Aurelien A.; Hartley, John W.; Harvey, David; Holder, Bradley; Huff, Eric M.; Jones, William C.; Lagattuta, David; Leung, Jason S.-Y.; Jauzac, Mathilde; Li, Lun; Luu, Thuy Vy T.; Massey, Richard; McCleary, Jacqueline E.; Nagy, Johanna M.; Netterfield, C. Barth; Paracha, Emaad; Redmond, Susan F.; Rhodes, Jason D.; Robertson, Andrew; Romualdez, L. Javier; Schmoll, Jürgen; Shaaban, Mohamed M.; Sirks, Ellen L.; Vassilakis, Georgios N.; Vitorelli, André Z.

doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840

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Overview of the Fiber System for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (2024)
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Poppett, C., Tyas, L., Aguilar, J., Bebek, C., Bramall, D., Claybaugh, T., Edelstein, J., Fagrelius, P., Heetderks, H., Jelinsky, P., Jelinsky, S., Lafever, R., Lambert, A., Lampton, M., Levi, M. E., Martini, P., Rockosi, C., Schmoll, J., Sharples, R. M., Sirk, M., …Zhou, R. (2024). Overview of the Fiber System for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. Astronomical Journal, 168(6), Article 245. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad76a4

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is a revolutionary instrument designed for precise measurements of cosmic distances and the investigation of dark energy. DESI utilizes 5000 optical fibers to simultaneously measure the spectra of dista... Read More about Overview of the Fiber System for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument.

Overview of Space-Based Laser Communication Missions and Payloads: Insights from the Autonomous Laser Inter-Satellite Gigabit Network (ALIGN) (2024)
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Younus, O. I., Riaz, A., Binns, R., Scullion, E., Wicks, R., Vernon, J., Graham, C., Bramall, D., Schmoll, J., & Bourgenot, C. (2024). Overview of Space-Based Laser Communication Missions and Payloads: Insights from the Autonomous Laser Inter-Satellite Gigabit Network (ALIGN). Aerospace, 11(11), Article 907. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace11110907

This paper examines the growing adoption of laser communication (lasercom) in space missions and payloads for identifying emerging trends and key technology drivers of future optical communications satellite systems. It also presents a comprehensive... Read More about Overview of Space-Based Laser Communication Missions and Payloads: Insights from the Autonomous Laser Inter-Satellite Gigabit Network (ALIGN).

SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere (2024)
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Gill, A. S., Benton, S. J., Damaren, C. J., Everett, S. W., Fraisse, A. A., Hartley, J. W., Harvey, D., Holder, B., Huff, E. M., Jones, W. C., Lagattuta, D., Leung, J. S.-Y., Jauzac, M., Li, L., Luu, T. V. T., Massey, R., McCleary, J. E., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Paracha, E., …Vitorelli, A. Z. (2024). SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere. Astronomical Journal, 168(2), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad5840

SuperBIT was a 0.5 m near-UV to near-infrared wide-field telescope that launched on a NASA superpressure balloon into the stratosphere from New Zealand for a 45-night flight. SuperBIT acquired multiband images of galaxy clusters to study the properti... Read More about SuperBIT Superpressure Flight Instrument Overview and Performance: Near-diffraction-limited Astronomical Imaging from the Stratosphere.