Conference proceeding
On-orbit calibration plan for the Aspera FUV smallsat
Proceedings of SPIE, the international society for optical engineering, Vol.14146, pp.141461W-141461W-7
08/17/2026
DOI: 10.1117/12.3103098
Abstract
Aspera is a SmallSat mission funded by the NASA Astrophysics Pioneers program, scheduled to launch in early 2027. The mission is designed to observe diffuse O vi emission at 103.2 nm from the circumgalactic medium of nearby galaxies. Aspera’s payload consists of two long-slit spectrographs with a field of view of 1 deg by 36 arcsec. We plan to conduct calibration observations to measure on-orbit astrometric solutions, dispersion relationships, and effective areas during the mission. Calibration observations will be made in slew mode for astrometric calibration parameters and in staring mode for spectral and flux calibration parameters. The parameters for the spectral and flux calibrations will be determined by comparing the observed spectra with archival data.
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- Title: Subtitle
- On-orbit calibration plan for the Aspera FUV smallsat
- Creators
- Jin-Ah Kim - University of ArizonaHaeun Chung - University of ArizonaMiriam Keppler - University of ArizonaAafaque R. Khan - University of ArizonaCarlos J. Vargas - University of ArizonaErika Hamden - University of ArizonaSimran Agarwal - University of ArizonaRamona Augustin - Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (Germany)Mateo Batkis - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)Joseph Burchett - New Mexico State UniversityPeter Behroozi - University of ArizonaAlondra Cardona - University of ArizonaHeejoo Choi - University of ArizonaLauren Corlies - University of ArizonaJason Corliss - University of ArizonaFernando Coronado - University of ArizonaGreyson Davis - Univ. of Florida (United States)Javier Del Hoyo - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar - Ruhr University BochumAva Doty - University of ArizonaEwan Douglas - University of ArizonaElijah Garcia - University of ArizonaGiulia Ghidoli - Ascending Node Technologies, LLC (United States)Dave Hamara - University of ArizonaWalt Harris - University of ArizonaJohn Hennessey - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCarl W. Hergenrother - Ascending Node Technologies, LLC (United States)Keri Hoadley - Univ. of Florida (United States)J. Christopher Howk - University of Notre DameNazende Ipek Kerkeser - California Institute of Technology (United States)John N. Kidd - Ascending Node Technologies, LLC (United States)Daewook Kim - University of ArizonaKimberly Knott - University of ArizonaJessica Li - Univ. of Florida (United States)Jasmine Martinez Castillo - University of ArizonaTom McMahon - University of ArizonaNicole Melso - Rochester Institute of TechnologyJamison Noenickx - University of ArizonaGabe Noriega - University of ArizonaRyan Pecha - University of ArizonaManuel Quijada - NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)Luis Rodriguez de Marcos - Catholic University of AmericaCorwynn Sauve - University of ArizonaDavid Schiminovich - Columbia UniversitySanford Selznick - Ascending Node Technologies, LLC (United States)Oswald Siegmund - Sensor Sciences, LLC (United States)Rebecca Su - University of ArizonaHannah Tanquary - University of ArizonaDaniel Truong - University of ArizonaSumedha Uppnor - University of ArizonaWilliam Verts - University of ArizonaEllie Wolcott - University of ArizonaNaomi Yescas - University of ArizonaDennis Zaritsky - University of Arizona
- Contributors
- Shouleh Nikzad (Editor) - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryKazuhiro Nakazawa (Editor) - Nagoya UniversityMarco Feroci (Editor) - INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (Italy)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of SPIE, the international society for optical engineering, Vol.14146, pp.141461W-141461W-7
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.3103098
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- Publisher
- SPIE
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/17/2026
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9985240283302771
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