Conveners
Space Missions Overview: Operation and development of near-infrared instruments
- Eduardo Medinaceli
- Rémi Barbier
Description
Review of operating and upcoming space observatories equipped with state-of-the-art infrared sensors.
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Massimo Robberto10/03/2026, 09:30
The introduction of panoramic infrared detector arrays about 30 years ago has transformed our understanding of the Universe, from its fundamental physical processes to the origin and evolution of galaxies, stars, and planetary systems. Space missions designed to exploit the unique advantages of the cosmic environment have driven the development of successive generations of detectors with...
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Ralf Kohley10/03/2026, 09:55
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Thomas Brown10/03/2026, 10:15
The James Webb Space Telescope is an incredibly complex and powerful observatory, the development of which required decades of effort from thousands of technicians, engineers, and scientists. Despite its complexity, Webb was deployed flawlessly and is performing far better than the design requirements. That performance, combined with Webb’s versatile suite of instrument modes, enables...
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Phil Korngut10/03/2026, 10:35
The SpectroPhotometer for the History of the universe Epoch of Reionization and ices Explorer (SPHEREx) is the newest medium-class astrophysics mission in NASA’s explorer line. Launched in March 2025, SPHEREx surveys the entire celestial sphere spectroscopically, with R=41 to 130 measurements across the NIR, from 0.75um to 5um. This is enabled by two focal plane mosaics, each with three...
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François Poulet10/03/2026, 11:25
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) is the first large-class mission of ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 program. It was launched in April 2023 and will arrive at Jupiter in July 2031. After a 3.4-year tour of the Jupiter system, JUICE will enter into a dedicated orbital phase around Ganymede for about one year. The primary goals of the mission are to investigate Jupiter’s complex magnetosphere...
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Paul Eccleston10/03/2026, 11:45
This talk will present an overview and background of the Ariel mission and payload. Ariel is an ESA M-class science mission designed to conduct transit and eclipse spectroscopy of approximately 1000 transiting exoplanets in order to study the composition of their atmospheres. The payload consists of a 1m-class telescope which feeds two instruments - a combined photometer, guidance and low...
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Timothy Brandt10/03/2026, 12:05
I will give an overview of the Roman Space Telescope, with a focus on the 18 Teledyne H4RG-10 detectors of its flagship Wide Field Instrument. The science requirements for Roman-WFI are unprecedented in the level of calibration that they demand, from <0.1% knowledge of the observed point-spread function, to <0.4% nonlinearity over four orders of magnitude, to ultra-low persistence. I will...
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Marco Sirianni10/03/2026, 12:25
Arrakihs is an ESA Fast class mission designed to probe the nature of dark matter and the assembly of Milky Way–type galaxies through ultra-deep imaging of extremely faint stellar halos. By mapping diffuse halos, tidal streams, and satellite populations around nearby galaxies, Arrakihs will provide stringent observational tests of the ΛCDM paradigm in a regime where current surveys are...
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