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SIM PlanetQuest: Status and Recent Progress

Nematia, Bijan
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The SIM project is approaching the end of its technology development phase. With the successful completion of a number of testbeds, including micro-arcsecond stellar interferometry, picometer optical truss metrology, and milli-kelvin thermo-optical characterization, the project is now on a sure footing for the development of requirement for the flight instrument. Here we review the latest technological progress and give a status of the project.

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Nematia, Bijan. 2006-05-24. SIM PlanetQuest: Status and Recent Progress. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20070020007

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