Validating Phasing and Geometry of Large Focal Plane Arrays

TBMG-11888

11/01/2011

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The Kepler Mission is designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover hundreds of Earth-sized and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone. The Kepler photometer is an array of 42 CCDs (charge-coupled devices) in the focal plane of a 95-cm Schmidt camera onboard the Kepler spacecraft. Each 50×25-mm CCD has 2,200×1,024 pixels. The CCDs accumulate photons and are read out every six seconds to prevent saturation. The data is integrated for 30 minutes, and then the pixel data is transferred to onboard storage. The data is subsequently encoded and transmitted to the ground.

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"Validating Phasing and Geometry of Large Focal Plane Arrays," Mobility Engineering, November 1, 2011.
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Nov 1, 2011
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TBMG-11888
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English