The On-orbit Performance of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Mission

The On-orbit Performance of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Mission

We present the on-orbit performance of the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE). CUTE is a 6U CubeSat that launched on 2021 September 27 and is obtaining near-ultraviolet (NUV; 2480 Å-3306 Å) transit spectroscopy of short-period exoplanets. The instrument comprises a 20 cm × 8 cm rectangul...

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Main Authors: Arika Egan, Nicholas Nell, Ambily Suresh, Kevin France, Brian Fleming, Aickara Gopinathan Sreejith, Julian Lambert, Nicholas DeCicco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
Subjects:
Calibration
CCD observation
Hot Jupiters
Exoplanet atmospheres
Astronomical instrumentation
Near ultraviolet astronomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aca8a3

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https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aca8a3

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