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| Mission type | Infrared astronomy | ||||||
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| Operator | ESA / JAXA | ||||||
| Website | jaxa.jp/SPICA | ||||||
| Mission duration | 3 years (science mission) 5 years (design goal) [1][2] | ||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||
| Launch mass | 3650 kg [3] | ||||||
| Payload mass | 600 kg | ||||||
| Dimensions | 5.9 x 4.5 m [3] | ||||||
| Power | 3 kW from a 14 m2 solar array[3] | ||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||
| Launch date | 2032 [4] | ||||||
| Rocket | H3[3] | ||||||
| Launch site | Tanegashima, LA-Y | ||||||
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | ||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||
| Reference system | Sun–Earth L2 | ||||||
| Regime | Halo orbit | ||||||
| Epoch | Planned | ||||||
| Main telescope | |||||||
| Type | Ritchey-Chrétien | ||||||
| Diameter | 2.5 m | ||||||
| Collecting area | 4.6 m2 [5] | ||||||
| Wavelengths | From 12 μm (mid-infrared) to 230 μm (far-infrared) [1][2] | ||||||
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The Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), was a proposed infrared space telescope, follow-on to the successful Akari space observatory. It was a collaboration between European and Japanese scientists, which was selected in May 2018 by the European Space Agency (ESA) as a finalist for the next Medium class Mission 5 (M5) of the Cosmic Vision programme, to launch in 2032.[6] At the time the other two finalists were THESEUS and EnVision, with the latter that was eventually selected for further development.[7] SPICA would have improved on the spectral line sensitivity of previous missions, the Spitzer and Herschel space telescopes, between 30 and 230 μm by a factor of 50—100.[8]
A final decision was expected in 2021,[4] but in October 2020, it was announced that SPICA was no longer being considered as a candidate for the M5 mission.[9][10]
- ^ a b "Instruments oboard SPICA". JAXA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
SPICA Homewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d SPICA – a large cryogenic infrared space telescope Unveiling the obscured Universe. (PDF). P.R. Roelfsema, and al. arXive; 28 March 2018.doi:10.1017/pas.2018.xxx
- ^ a b "ESA selects three new mission concepts for study". 7 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ SPICA/SAFARI Fact Sheet. (PDF)
- ^ "SPICA: an infrared telescope to look back into the early universe". thespacereview.com. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision". 10 June 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ André, Ph.; Hughes, A.; Guillet, V.; Boulanger, F.; Bracco, A.; Ntormousi, E.; Arzoumanian, D.; Maury, A.J.; Bernard, J.-Ph.; Bontemps, S.; Ristorcelli, I.; Girart, J.M.; Motte, F.; Tassis, K.; Pantin, E.; Montmerle, T.; Johnstone, D.; Gabici, S.; Efstathiou, A.; Basu, S.; Béthermin, M.; Beuther, H.; Braine, J.; Francesco, J. Di; Falgarone, E.; Ferrière, K.; Fletcher, A.; Galametz, M.; Giard, M.; et al. (9 May 2019). "Probing the cold magnetized Universe with SPICA-POL (B-BOP)". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 36. arXiv:1905.03520. Bibcode:2019PASA...36...29A. doi:10.1017/pasa.2019.20. S2CID 148571681.
- ^ "SPICA no longer candidate for ESA's M5 mission selection". ESA. 15 October 2020.
- ^ "SPICA no longer candidate for ESA's M5 mission selection". ISAS. Retrieved 15 October 2020.