Author:
Chubey M.S.,Kanayev I.I.,Makarov V.V.,Yershov V. N.,Il'in A.E.,Moklyak V.I.,Shaklein P.A.,Golovanov S.M.,Zinkov V.A.,Chebotarev V.E.,Arbuzov V.N.,Ashurkov E.A.,Bartenev V.A.,Titov G.A.,Bulynin Yu.L.,Zagar O.V.,Malyshev V.A.,Nikitenko A.N.,Sergeev Yu.D.,Yermashkevich Yu.B.,Bakerkin A.V.,Gashkin I.S.,Yefimkin V.I.,Zakharov A.N.,Znamensky I.V.,Tolstonozhenko V.E.,Pochukayev V.N.,Kuskov V.D.,Biryukov I.V.,Novikova E.L.,Peshkin A.A.
Abstract
The results of an initial technical design of the AIST spacecraft and payload are presented. The spacecraft design is subjected to the main requirement: to supply the smooth rotation. Two telescopes are symmetrically placed around central beam combiner unit. The fine adjustment of the light pressure centre position by means of special-purpose sails is proposed. Scientific objectives of the project are the implementation of astrometric survey of the sky and obtaining a series of star position catalogues with milliarcsecond accuracy, including a second epoch of Hipparcos/Tycho catalogues. The survey list will consist of nearly 10–15 million stars brighter than 15th magnitude.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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