Astrophysical: Space vehicles

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    Preparing the COROT space mission: Incidence and characterisation of pulsation in the lower instability strip
    By pursuing the goal to find new variables in the COROT field-of-view we characterised a sample of stars located in the lower part of the instability strip. Our...
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    Results of a Search for γ Dor and δ Sct Stars With the Kepler Spacecraft
    The light curves of 2768 stars with effective temperatures and surface gravities placing them near the gamma Doradus (γ Dor)/delta Scuti (δ Sct) instability...
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    Solar magnetism eXplorer (SolmeX). Exploring the magnetic field in the upper atmosphere of our closest star
    The magnetic field plays a pivotal role in many fields of Astrophysics. This is especially true for the physics of the solar atmosphere. Measuring the magnetic...
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    Spectroscopic study of Ceres' collisional family candidates
    Context. Despite the observed signs of large impacts on the surface of Ceres, there is no confirmed collisional family associated with this dwarf planet. After...
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    Spitzer observations of spacecraft target 162173 (1999 JU3)
    Context: Near-Earth asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3) is the primary target of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa-2 sample return mission, and...
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    The Anomalous Acceleration of the Pioneer Spacecrafts
    Radiometric data from the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecrafts have revealed an unexplained constant acceleration of a_A = (8.74+/-1.33)×10^{-10}m s^{-2} towards the...
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    The energy-dependent temporal variation of the ROSAT PSPC gain.
    The existence of systematic spectral-fit residuals in ROSAT PSPC spectra, and their dependence on time, is by now a well established fact. This paper describes...
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    The Gaia mission
    Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in...
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    The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance
    The Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE), is the Herschel Space Observatory`s submillimetre camera and spectrometer. It contains a three-band...