The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.39.4-40
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Feasibility Study of a Future Korean Space Telescope
- Lee, Dae-Hee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Ree, Chang Hee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Song, Yong-Seon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Jeong, Woong-Seob (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Moon, Hong-Kyu (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Kim, Min Gyu (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Pyo, Jeonghyun (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Moon, Bongkon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Park, Won-Kee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
According to the Korean government's Long-term Space Development Plan 2040, "Creative space science research" is included in a statement to investigate the origin and evolution of the universe by conducting a series of Korean space telescope missions: launch of space telescopes on a small satellite and an international collaboration explorer by 2020, a mid-size domestic space telescope by 2030, and a large size Korea leading international space telescope by 2040. We studied the feasibility of the future Korean Space Telescope (KST) for a mid-size domestic satellite platform. In order to pursue the uniqueness of the science program, we consider a wide range of observing wavelength (0.2um ~ 2.0um) with a spectral resolution of R~6 in the NUV and optical bands, and R~30 for NIR, utilizing an off-axis TMS(Three Mirror System) optics with a wide field of view (
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