KEPLER SCIENCE OPERATIONS

被引:107
作者
Haas, Michael R. [1 ]
Batalha, Natalie M. [1 ,2 ]
Bryson, Steve T. [1 ]
Caldwell, Douglas A. [1 ,3 ]
Dotson, Jessie L. [1 ]
Hall, Jennifer [1 ,4 ]
Jenkins, Jon M. [1 ,3 ]
Klaus, Todd C. [1 ,4 ]
Koch, David G. [1 ]
Kolodziejczak, Jeffrey [5 ]
Middour, Chris [4 ]
Smith, Marcie [1 ]
Sobeck, Charles K. [1 ]
Stober, Jeremy [6 ]
Thompson, Richard S. [1 ,4 ]
Van Cleve, Jeffrey E. [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] NASA, Ames Res Ctr, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
[2] San Jose State Univ, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
[3] SETI Inst, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
[4] Orbital Sci Corp, Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
[5] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Space Sci Off, Huntsville, AL 35805 USA
[6] Ball Aerosp & Technol Co, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
关键词
space vehicles: instruments; telescopes;
D O I
10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/L115
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Kepler's mission design includes a comprehensive plan for commissioning and science operations. The commissioning phase completed all critical tasks and accomplished all mission objectives within a week of the pre-launch plan. Since the start of science data collection, the nominal timeline has been interrupted by two safe-mode events, several losses of fine point, and some small pointing adjustments. The most important anomalies are understood and mitigated, so Kepler's technical performance has improved significantly over this period, and the prognosis for mission success is excellent. The Kepler data archive is established and hosting data for the science team, guest observers, and the public. The first data to become publicly available include the monthly full-frame images and the light curves for targets that are dropped from the exoplanet program or released after publication. Data are placed in the archive on a quarterly basis; the Kepler Results Catalog will be released annually starting in 2011.
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页码:L115 / L119
页数:5
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