ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science

James E. Rhoads; Eli Waxman; Avishay Gal-Yam; Yossi Shvartzvald; Eran O. Ofek; Sagi Ben-Ami; Shahid Habib; Mark M. Matsumura; Barbara Grofic; Catherine B. Barclay; Shaun M. Daly; Aaron Fournier; Manuel Bautista; Udi Netzer; Ofer Lapid; Dennis Bodewits; S. Bradley Cenko; Michael W. Coughlin; Tansu Daylan; Anna Y. Q. Ho; Erin Kara; Mukremin Kilic; Keivan G. Stassun; Marina Kounkel; Joseph Mullen; John W. Noonan

doi:10.1117/12.3020626

21 August 2024 ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science

James E. Rhoads, Eli Waxman, Avishay Gal-Yam, Yossi Shvartzvald, Eran O. Ofek, Sagi Ben-Ami, Shahid Habib, Mark M. Matsumura, Barbara Grofic, Catherine B. Barclay, Shaun M. Daly, Aaron Fournier, Manuel Bautista, Udi Netzer, Ofer Lapid, Dennis Bodewits, S. Bradley Cenko, Michael W. Coughlin, Tansu Daylan, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Erin Kara, Mukremin Kilic, Keivan G. Stassun, Marina Kounkel, Joseph Mullen, John W. Noonan

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 1309335 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020626
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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ULTRASAT is a near-ultraviolet imaging satellite with a wide field of view (200 square degrees) and a planned launch in late 2027. It is an international partnership led by Israel (Israel Space Agency and Weizmann Institute of Science) in partnership with the United States (NASA) and Germany (DESY). ULTRASAT will provide high cadence observations and rapid target-of-opportunity response, providing a powerful capability for time-domain and multimessenger astrophysics (TDAMM), and will have scientific applications from solar system studies to cosmology. This proceedings paper includes the content of a poster presented at the 2024 SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments meeting, describing briefly the ULTRASAT science drivers and capabilities; NASA’s roles in the ULTRASAT project; and how ULTRASAT fits with NASA scientific priorities. It also includes an expanded summary of the United States Participating Scientist Program for ULTRASAT.

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James E. Rhoads, Eli Waxman, Avishay Gal-Yam, Yossi Shvartzvald, Eran O. Ofek, Sagi Ben-Ami, Shahid Habib, Mark M. Matsumura, Barbara Grofic, Catherine B. Barclay, Shaun M. Daly, Aaron Fournier, Manuel Bautista, Udi Netzer, Ofer Lapid, Dennis Bodewits, S. Bradley Cenko, Michael W. Coughlin, Tansu Daylan, Anna Y. Q. Ho, Erin Kara, Mukremin Kilic, Keivan G. Stassun, Marina Kounkel, Joseph Mullen, and John W. Noonan "ULTRASAT: NASA's role in mission development and science", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 1309335 (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020626

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