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AIST Project: Scientific and Technological Foundations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
Abstract
The results of an initial technical design of the AIST spacecraft and payload are presented. The spacecraft design is subjected to the main requirement: to supply the smooth rotation. Two telescopes are symmetrically placed around central beam combiner unit. The fine adjustment of the light pressure centre position by means of special-purpose sails is proposed. Scientific objectives of the project are the implementation of astrometric survey of the sky and obtaining a series of star position catalogues with milliarcsecond accuracy, including a second epoch of Hipparcos/Tycho catalogues. The survey list will consist of nearly 10–15 million stars brighter than 15th magnitude.
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