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StarLight mission: a formation-flying stellar interferometer

Blackwood et al., 2003

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5057524048624823093
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Blackwood G
Lay O
Deininger W
Gudim M
Ahmed A
Duren R
Noecker C
Barden B
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Interferometry in Space

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The StarLight mission is designed to validate the technologies of formation flying and stellar interferometry in space. The mission consists of two spacecraft in an earth-trailing orbit that formation-fly over relative ranges of 40 to 600m to an accuracy of 10 cm. The relative range …
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