The Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Kepler Mission

Details The Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Kepler Mission The Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Kepler Mission

Jan 2010

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #305.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.302

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The Kepler mission was designed and built to detect and determine the frequency of Earth-size exoplanets orbiting in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. Having very-narrow well-defined scientific objectives, rather than being a general purpose facility, the design was optimized solely to meet these objectives. The basis for many of the design features are described, such as selection of a single star field to view for the entire mission. The Discovery program and scientific requirements that drove the design concept are described. Now operating in solar orbit, the photometric performance of the Kepler mission is presented, to demonstrate that the capability of the Kepler mission to meet its scientific goals is right on the mark. Kepler was competitively selected as the 10th mission of the Discovery Program. Funding for this mission is provided by NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

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