| Issue |
A&A
Volume 402, Number 3, May II 2003
First Science with the ODIN satellite
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| Page(s) | L27 - L34 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030335 | |
| Published online | 23 April 2003 | |
Letter to the Editor
The Odin satellite *
I. Radiometer design and test
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Swedish Space Corporation, Box 4207, 171 04 Solna, Sweden
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Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, 439 92 Onsala, Sweden
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Helsinki University of Technology, Radio Laboratory, PO Box 3000, 02015 HUT, Espoo, Finland
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Omnisys Instruments, Gruvgatan 8, 421 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Observatoire Astronomique Marseille Provence, LAM, CNRS, Traverse du Siphon, BP 8, 13376 Marseille Cedex 12, France
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Centre d'Étude Spatiale des Rayonnements, CNRS, 9 avenue du Colonel Roche, 31028 Toulouse, France
7
We regret the deaths of Guy Serra in 2000 and of Jean-Paul Chabaud in 2001
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Stockholm Observatory, SCFAB, Roslagstullsbacklen 21, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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TRW, M5/2154, 1 Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, USA
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Ylinen Electronics Ltd, Teollisuustie 9 A, 02700 Kauniainen, Finland
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Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Observatoire de Paris, Département ARPEGES, 92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France
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Saab Ericsson Space, 405 15 Gothenburg, Sweden
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ACR, Redskapsvägen 7, 619 00 Trosa, Sweden
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Canadian Space Agency, PO Box 7275, Ottawa, Ontario K1L 8E3, Canada
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Radiometer Physics, Birkenmaarstrasse 15, 5309 Meckenheim, Germany
Corresponding author: U. Frisk, urban.frisk@ssc.se
Received:
6
December
2002
Accepted:
2
March
2003
The Sub-millimetre and Millimetre Radiometer (SMR) is the main instrument on the Swedish, Canadian, Finnish and French spacecraft Odin. It consists of a 1.1 metre diameter telescope with four tuneable heterodyne receivers covering the ranges 486-504 GHz and 541-581 GHz, and one fixed at 118.75 GHz together with backends that provide spectral resolution from 150 kHz to 1 MHz. This Letter describes the Odin radiometer, its operation and performance with the data processing and calibration described in Paper II.
Key words: space vehicles / space vehicles: instruments / telescopes / techniques: spectroscopic
Odin is a Swedish-led satellite project funded jointly by the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the National Technology Agency of Finland (Tekes) and Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES). The Swedish Space Corporation was the prime contractor, and is also responsible for the satellite operation.
© ESO, 2003
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