The Ariel payload electrical and electronic architecture: a summary of the current design and implementation status

M. Focardi; V. Noce; P. Merola; A. Di Giorgio; S. Ligori; L. Corcione; V. Capobianco; D. Bonino; M. V. Nunez; S. Chiarucci; E. Medinaceli; N. Auricchio; M. Farina; G. Giusi; A. Russi; A. Tortora; L. Serafini; A. Pannocchia; G. Giglio; M. Passerai; M. Verna; C. Del Vecchio Blanco; G. Morgante; J. Ateca; J. Bosch; M. Carmona; A. Casas; J. M. Gomez; P. Lopez; L. Marti; A. Royo; O. Ruiz; C. Serre; K. R. Skup; K. Rutkowski; M. Sobiecki; K. Ber; M. Sobolewski; N. Thernstrom; M. Winklera; M. Ciarka; M. Berthé; C. Cara; J. Fontignie; J. Martignac; G. Kaszubiak; N. Leguay; R. Grimoldi; G. Ober; R. Goullioud; W. Holmes; M. Swain; G. Vasisht; H. Cho; J. Mulder; G. D. Allen; A. Runkle; E. Guzman; M. Weilert; C. Weber; P. Tan; J. Morales; J. Hunacek; A. Rieck; A. Bolduc; K. Aaron; A. Turner; B. Krohn; M. Lew; A. Cillis; R. Foltz; T. Hewagama; M. Loose; M. Crook; M. Hills; G. Gilley; S. Mäkinen; A. Caldwell; G. Bishop; L. Desjonqueres; R. Drummond; P. Eccleston; A. Davidson; P. Umesh; E. Pace; G. Preti; G. Micela; G. Malaguti; G. Tinetti

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23 August 2024 The Ariel payload electrical and electronic architecture: a summary of the current design and implementation status

M. Focardi, V. Noce, P. Merola, A. Di Giorgio, S. Ligori, L. Corcione, V. Capobianco, D. Bonino, M. V. Nunez, S. Chiarucci, E. Medinaceli, N. Auricchio, M. Farina, G. Giusi, A. Russi, A. Tortora, L. Serafini, A. Pannocchia, G. Giglio, M. Passerai, M. Verna, C. Del Vecchio Blanco, G. Morgante, J. Ateca, J. Bosch, M. Carmona, A. Casas, J. M. Gomez, P. Lopez, L. Marti, A. Royo, O. Ruiz, C. Serre, K. R. Skup, K. Rutkowski, M. Sobiecki, K. Ber, M. Sobolewski, N. Thernstrom, M. Winklera, M. Ciarka, M. Berthé, C. Cara, J. Fontignie, J. Martignac, G. Kaszubiak, N. Leguay, R. Grimoldi, G. Ober, R. Goullioud, W. Holmes, M. Swain, G. Vasisht, H. Cho, J. Mulder, G. D. Allen, A. Runkle, E. Guzman, M. Weilert, C. Weber, P. Tan, J. Morales, J. Hunacek, A. Rieck, A. Bolduc, K. Aaron, A. Turner, B. Krohn, M. Lew, A. Cillis, R. Foltz, T. Hewagama, M. Loose, M. Crook, M. Hills, G. Gilley, S. Mäkinen, A. Caldwell, G. Bishop, L. Desjonqueres, R. Drummond, P. Eccleston, A. Davidson, P. Umesh, E. Pace, G. Preti, G. Micela, G. Malaguti, G. Tinetti

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Proceedings Volume 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 1309249 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018741
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Ariel is the M4 mission of the ESA’s Cosmic Vision Program 2015-2025, whose aim is to characterize by lowresolution transit spectroscopy the atmospheres of over one thousand warm and hot exoplanets orbiting nearby stars. It has been selected by ESA in March 2018 and adopted in November 2020 to be flown, then, in 2029. It is the first survey mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of the atmospheres of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, in order to enable planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. The Payload (P/L) is based on a cold section (PLM – Payload Module) working at cryogenic temperatures and a warm section, located within the Spacecraft (S/C) Service Vehicle Module (SVM) and hosting five warm units operated at ambient temperature (253-313 K). The P/L and its electrical, electronic and data handling architecture has been designed and optimized to perform transit spectroscopy from space during primary and secondary planetary eclipses in order to achieve a large set of unbiased observations to shed light and fully understand the nature of exoplanets atmospheres, retrieving information about planets interior and determining the key factors affecting the formation and evolution of planetary systems.

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M. Focardi, V. Noce, P. Merola, A. Di Giorgio, S. Ligori, L. Corcione, V. Capobianco, D. Bonino, M. V. Nunez, S. Chiarucci, E. Medinaceli, N. Auricchio, M. Farina, G. Giusi, A. Russi, A. Tortora, L. Serafini, A. Pannocchia, G. Giglio, M. Passerai, M. Verna, C. Del Vecchio Blanco, G. Morgante, J. Ateca, J. Bosch, M. Carmona, A. Casas, J. M. Gomez, P. Lopez, L. Marti, A. Royo, O. Ruiz, C. Serre, K. R. Skup, K. Rutkowski, M. Sobiecki, K. Ber, M. Sobolewski, N. Thernstrom, M. Winklera, M. Ciarka, M. Berthé, C. Cara, J. Fontignie, J. Martignac, G. Kaszubiak, N. Leguay, R. Grimoldi, G. Ober, R. Goullioud, W. Holmes, M. Swain, G. Vasisht, H. Cho, J. Mulder, G. D. Allen, A. Runkle, E. Guzman, M. Weilert, C. Weber, P. Tan, J. Morales, J. Hunacek, A. Rieck, A. Bolduc, K. Aaron, A. Turner, B. Krohn, M. Lew, A. Cillis, R. Foltz, T. Hewagama, M. Loose, M. Crook, M. Hills, G. Gilley, S. Mäkinen, A. Caldwell, G. Bishop, L. Desjonqueres, R. Drummond, P. Eccleston, A. Davidson, P. Umesh, E. Pace, G. Preti, G. Micela, G. Malaguti, and G. Tinetti "The Ariel payload electrical and electronic architecture: a summary of the current design and implementation status", Proc. SPIE 13092, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 1309249 (23 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018741

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