The Gaia mission
European Space Research and Technology Centre · Leiden University · +152 more institutions
Abstract
Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original interferometric concept was changed to a direct-imaging approach. Both the spacecraft and the payload were built by European industry. The involvement of the scientific community focusses on data processing for which the international Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) was selected in 2007. Gaia was launched on 19 December 2013 and arrived at its operating point, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth-Moon system, a few weeks later. The commissioning of the spacecraft and payload was completed on 19 July 2014.…
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Authors
625- TPT. PrustiCorresponding
European Space Research and Technology Centre
- JHJ. H. J. de Bruijne
European Space Research and Technology Centre
- AGA. G. A. Brown
Leiden University
- AVA. Vallenari
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
- CBC. Babusiaux
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Délégation Paris 7, Université Paris Cité, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et Instrumentation
Topics & keywords
- Payload (computing)
- Spacecraft
- Scientific instrument
- Physics
- Project commissioning
- Aeronautics
- Remote sensing
- Astronomy
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- USUK Space Agency
- ESEuropean Space Agency
- ECEuropean CommissionAwards: FP7-SPACE-2013-1, 320360, 255267, 606740, 264895, 670519
- ESEuropean Science Foundation
- ANAgence Nationale de la RechercheAwards: ANR-10-IDEX-, ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02, ANR-10-IDEX-0001, 10-IDEX-0001-02, ANR-10-IDEX, ANR-10, IDEX-0001-02
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungAwards: 55216, 115709, 48318, ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02, 116175, 55996
- FDFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloAward: 2015/
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: 0 and, 11573054
- CDCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorAward: 2013-1
- AOAcademy of Finland
- ASAustrian Science FundAwards: P23737, P20046
- BFBelgian Federal Science Policy Office
- CNCentre National d’Etudes Spatiales
- NONederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekAwards: 15010, NWO-M-614.061.414
- MTMagyar Tudományos AkadémiaAwards: LP2014-17, NKFIH K-115709, K-115709
- ASAgenzia Spaziale ItalianaAwards: I/037/08/0, 2013/030/I.0, 2014-025-R.1.2015, 025-R.1.2015, I/008/10/0, 2014-025-R.0, I/058/10/0
- LJLiverpool John Moores University
- MEMagnus Ehrnroothin SäätiöAward: 2014-025-R.0
- JAJavna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RSAward: P20046
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- INIstituto Nazionale di AstrofisicaAwards: I/008/10/0, 2014-025-R.1.2015, 2014-025-R.0, 2013/030/I.0
- UDUniversité de BordeauxAward: ANR-10-IDEX
- NKNemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs HivatalAwards: NKFIH K-115709, K-115709, PD-116175
- UDUniversité de Franche-Comté
- IDInstituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
- SAScience and Technology Facilities Council
- FPFundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaAwards: UID/FIS/00099/2013, SFRH/BPD/74697/2010, UID/EEA/00066/2013
- IDInstitut de Ciències del CosmosAward: MDM-2014-0369
- NINational Institute on Aging
- ESEuropean Social Fund
- FSFP7 Space