Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Aug 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005jrasc..99..131n&link_type=abstract
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 99, No. 4, p.131
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The Herschel Space Observatory is an ESA cornerstone mission currently scheduled for launch in August 2007. Herschel will conduct astronomical observations across the far-infrared and submillimetre spectral range with unprecedented sensitivity. Herschel employs a large (3.5-m) passively cooled, low-emissivity telescope and will operate at the Sun- Earth L2 point for a period of at least three years, providing a large amount of observing time at wavelengths that cannot be accessed from even the best ground-based sites. The instrument payload will be cooled with an on-board supply of liquid helium, which determines the mission lifetime. Canada is involved in both the SPIRE and HIFI instruments on Herschel. The main scientific goals of SPIRE will be reviewed and the current performance figures derived from testing of the flight model instrument, a role in which Canada is actively involved, will be presented.
Davis Peter
di Francesco James
Fulton Trevor
Halpern Mark
Martin Peter
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