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HIPPARCOS Satellite and the Organization of the Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. Kovalevsky
J. Kovalevsky*
Affiliation:
CERGA, Grasse, France

Abstract

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The HIPPARCOS satellite is an approved project of the European Space Agency since 1980. A sketch of the past and future development of the project is given. The resulting astrometric parameters and magnitudes of 100 000 stars should be available circa 1993. Many astronomical groups are involved in the preparation of the mission together with ESA bodies and industry. Their functions and mutual interfaces are described.

The main features of the satellite are presented. While observing out of the atmosphere removes most of the effects that limit the accuracy of ground based astrometry, new causes of systematic or random errors appear in an instrument designed for a millisecond of arc level of precision. The main limitations that have been identified are discussed: basic angle unstability, mechanical jitter, grid irregularity, diffraction chromatism, shape of the image dissector sensitivity profile. The consequence is that the presently expected basic measurement precision is limited not only by the photon count errors. However, all these effects are taken into account when assessing a final accuracy of 0″.002 for the astrometric parameters of a 9-th magnitude star.

Type
VII. Space Astronomy
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 109: Astrometric Techniques , 1986 , pp. 581 - 591
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1986 

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