A Compact and Lightweight Fibered Photometer for the PicSat Mission

M Nowak, S Lacour, V Lapeyrère, L David… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
PicSat is a nanosatellite developed to observe the transit of the giant planet beta Pictoris b,
expected in late 2017. Its science objectives are: the observation of the transit of the giant …

Reaching sub-milimag photometric precision on Beta Pictoris with a nanosat: the PicSat mission

M Nowak, S Lacour, V Lapeyrère… - Space Telescopes …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
PicSat is a nanosatellite currently being developed to observe the transit of the giant planet
βべーた Pictoris, expected some time between July 2017 and June 2018. The mission is based on …

PicSat: A CubeSat for beta Pictoris observation

L David, S Lacour, V Lapeyrere… - 42nd COSPAR …, 2018 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
PicSat is a nanosatellite that was integrated and operated by the Paris Observatory to
observe the transit of the giant planet Beta Pictoris b, expected to happen in 2018. The …

Short life and abrupt death of PicSat, a small 3U CubeSat dreaming of exoplanet detection

M Nowak, S Lacour, A Crouzier, L David… - Space Telescopes …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
PicSat was a three unit CubeSat (measuring 30 cm Χかい 10 cm Χかい 10 cm) which was developed
to monitor the βべーた Pictoris system. The main science objective was the detection of a possible …

A space interferometer on a 6U Cubesat: FIRST-S

V Lapeyrere, S Lacour, A Crouzier… - 42nd COSPAR …, 2018 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
The FIRST-S project is an astronomical project in the context of exoplanet detection. The
scientific objective of this mission would be to study the visible emission of exozodiacal light …

PicSat: a Cubesat mission for exoplanetary transit detection in 2017

V Lapeyrere, S Lacour, L David, M Nowak, A Crouzier… - 2017 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
The PicSat mission is based on a 3U Cubesat architecture, with a payload specifically
designed for high precision stellar photometry. The satellite is planned to be launched in …

A space interferometer on a 6U Cubesat: FIRST-S (Conference Presentation)

V Lapeyrère, S Lacour, M Grenot… - Space Telescopes …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The FIRST-S project is an astronomical project in the context of exoplanet detection. The
scientific objective of this mission would be to study the visible emission of exozodiacal light …

CubeSats as pathfinders for planetary detection: the FIRST-S satellite

S Lacour, V Lapeyrère, L Gauchet… - Space Telescopes …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The idea behind FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope) is to use single-mode
fibers to combine multiple apertures in a pupil plane as such as to synthesize a bigger …

Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

R Cosentino, C Lovis, F Pepe… - Ground-based and …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)[9] hosts, starting in April 2012, the visible
spectrograph HARPS-N. It is based on the design of its predecessor working at ESO's 3.6 m …

Achieving high-precision pointing on ExoplanetSat: initial feasibility analysis

CM Pong, S Lim, MW Smith, DW Miller… - Space Telescopes …, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
ExoplanetSat is a proposed three-unit CubeSat designed to detect down to Earth-sized
exoplanets in an orbit out to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars via the transit method. To …