Astrophysical: Space vehicles

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    Planck early results. II. The thermal performance of Planck
    The performance of the Planck instruments in space is enabled by their low operating temperatures, 20 K for LFI and 0.1 K for HFI, achieved through a...
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    Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance
    The scientific performance of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) after one year of in-orbit operation is presented. We describe the main optical...
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    Planck intermediate results. XLVI. Reduction of large-scale systematic effects in HFI polarization maps and estimation of the reionization optical depth
    This paper describes the identification, modelling, and removal of previously unexplained systematic effects in the polarization data of the Planck High...
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    Planck pre-launch status: Calibration of the Low Frequency Instrument flight model radiometers
    The Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) on-board the ESA Planck satellite carries eleven radiometer subsystems, called radiometer chain assemblies (RCAs), each...
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    Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument
    In this paper we present the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI), designed and developed as part of the Planck space mission, the ESA programme dedicated to...
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    Planck pre-launch status: Low Frequency Instrument calibration and expected scientific performance
    We present the calibration and scientific performance parameters of the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) measured during the ground cryogenic test campaign...
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    Planck pre-launch status: The Planck mission
    The European Space Agency's Planck satellite, launched on 14 May 2009, is the third-generation space experiment in the field of cosmic microwave background (CMB...
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    Planck pre-launch status: The Planck-LFI programme
    This paper provides an overview of the Low Frequency Instrument (LFI) programme within the ESA Planck mission. The LFI instrument has been developed to produce...
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    Planets, candidates, and binaries from the CoRoT/Exoplanet programme. The CoRoT transit catalogue
    The CoRoT space mission observed 163 665 stars over 26 stellar fields in the faint star channel. The exoplanet teams detected a total of 4123 transit-like...