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The HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder mission
- Source :
- Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130931Z (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder is a space-borne mission based on a constellation of six nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit (LEO). The 3U CubeSats, to be launched in early 2025, host miniaturized instruments with a hybrid Silicon Drift Detector/GAGG:Ce scintillator photodetector system, sensitive to X-rays and gamma-rays in a large energy band. HERMES will operate in conjunction with Australian Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal (SpIRIT) 6U CubeSat, launched in December 2023. HERMES will probe the temporal emission of bright high-energy transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), ensuring a fast transient localization in a field of view of several steradians exploiting the triangulation technique. HERMES intrinsically modular transient monitoring experiment represents a keystone capability to complement the next generation of gravitational wave experiments. In this paper we outline the scientific case, development and programmatic status of the mission<br />Comment: 13 pages, 16 figures. Proceedings of SPIE "Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation" 2024. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2210.13866
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130931Z (2024)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2409.00989
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018259