In-orbit performance of the Herschel/SPIRE imaging Fourier transform spectrometer: lessons learned
- Creators
- Naylor, David A.
- Baluteau, Jean-Paul
- Bendo, George J.
- Benielli, Dominique
- Fulton, Trevor
- Gom, Brad G.
- Griffin, Matthew J.
- Hopwood, Rosalind
- Imhof, Peter
- Lim, Tanya L.
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Lu, Nanyao
- Makiwa, Gibion
- Marchili, Nicola
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Orton, Glen S.
- Papgeorgiou, Andreas
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Pearson, Chris
- Polehampton, Edward T.
- Schulz, Bernhard
- Spencer, Locke D.
- Swinyard, Bruce M.
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Valtchanov, Ivan
- van der Wiel, Matthijs
- Veenendaal, Ian T.
- Wu, Ronin
Abstract
The Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) is one of three scientific instruments on board the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory which ended its operational phase on 29 April 2013. The low to medium resolution spectroscopic capability of SPIRE is provided by an imaging Fourier transform spectrometer (iFTS) of the Mach-Zehnder configuration. With their high throughput, broad spectral coverage, and variable resolution, coupled with their well-defined instrumental line shape and intrinsic wavelength and intensity calibration, iFTS are becoming increasingly common in far-infrared space astronomy missions. The performance of the SPIRE imaging spectrometer will be reviewed and example results presented. The lessons learned from the measured performance of the spectrometer as they apply to future missions will be discussed.
Additional Information
© 2014 SPIE. August 2, 2014. SPIRE has been developed by a consortium of institutes led by Cardiff Univ. (UK) and including Univ. Lethbridge (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, LAM (France); IFSI, Univ. Padua (Italy); IAC (Spain); Stockholm Observatory (Sweden); Imperial College London, RAL, UCL-MSSL, UKATC, Univ. Sussex (UK); Caltech, JPL, NHSC, Univ. Colorado (USA). This development has been supported by national funding agencies: CSA (Canada); NAOC (China); CEA, CNES, CNRS (France); ASI (Italy); MCINN (Spain); SNSB (Sweden); STFC (UK); and NASA (USA). DAN and LDS acknowledge support from CFI and NSERC. The authors thank Tanner Heggie, Courteney Hamilton, Adam Lefaivre, and Jeremy Scott for their assistance in the analysis.Attached Files
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- 58366
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20150619-090603275
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA)
- Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MCINN)
- Swedish National Space Board (SNSB)
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- NASA
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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2015-06-22Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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- Series Name
- Proceedings of SPIE
- Series Volume or Issue Number
- 9143