ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science

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ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science

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Abstract

ULTRASAT is a near-ultraviolet imaging satellite with a wide field of view (200 square degrees) and a planned launch in late 2027. It is an international partnership led by Israel (Israel Space Agency and Weizmann Institute of Science) in partnership with the United States (NASA) and Germany (DESY). ULTRASAT will provide high cadence observations and rapid target-of-opportunity response, providing a powerful capability for time-domain and multimessenger astrophysics (TDAMM), and will have scientific applications from solar system studies to cosmology. This proceedings paper includes the content of a poster presented at the 2024 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments meeting, describing briefly the ULTRASAT science drivers and capabilities; NASA's roles in the ULTRASAT project; and how ULTRASAT fits with NASA scientific priorities. It also includes an expanded summary of the United States Participating Scientist Program for ULTRASAT.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Publisher	SPIE
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510675094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020626
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 16 Jun 2024 → 21 Jun 2024

Publication series

Series	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	13093

Conference

Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	16/6/24 → 21/6/24

Funding

ULTRASAT includes a broad community of scientists, engineers, and others, in Israel, Germany, the United States, and elsewhere. We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of this full community, among whom only a small fraction are listed here as authors

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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2024, ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science. in J-WA den Herder, S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 1309335, SPIE, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Yokohama, Japan, 16/6/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020626

ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science. /.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Shouleh Nikzad; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2024. 1309335 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 13093).

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