Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies

Haeun Chung; Carlos J. Vargas; Erika Hamden; Tom McMahon; Hannah Tanquary; Aafaque R. Khan; Fernando Coronado; Bill Verts; Nicole Melso; Heejoo Choi; Simran Agarwal; Jason Corliss; Keri Hoadley; Miriam Keppler; Dave Hamara; Elijah Garcia; Daniel Truong; Naomi Yescas; Ramona Augustin; Mateo Batkis; Peter Behroozi; Harrison Bradley; Trenton Brendel; Joseph N. Burchett; Jasmine Martinez Castillo; Jacob Chambers; Lauren Corlies; Greyson Davis; Ralf Jürgen Dettmar; Ewan Douglas; Giulia Ghidoli; Alfred Goodwin; Walter Harris; John J. Hennessy; Carl Hergenrother; J. Christopher Howk; Nazende Ipek Kerkeser; John N. Kidd; Daewook Kim; Jessica S. Li; Adrian Martin; Jamison Noenickx; Gabe Noriega; Sooseong Park; Ryan Pecha; Manuel Quijada; L. Rodriguez de Marcos; Cork Sauve; David Schiminovich; Sanford Selznick; Oswald Siegmund; Rebecca Su; Sumedha Uppnor; Ellie Wolcott; Dennis F Zaritsky

doi:10.1117/12.3017274

Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies

Haeun Chung, Carlos J. Vargas, Erika Hamden, Tom McMahon, Hannah Tanquary, Aafaque R. Khan, Fernando Coronado, Bill Verts, Nicole Melso, Heejoo Choi, Simran Agarwal, Jason Corliss, Keri Hoadley, Miriam Keppler, Dave Hamara, Elijah Garcia, Daniel Truong, Naomi Yescas, Ramona Augustin, Mateo BatkisPeter Behroozi, Harrison Bradley, Trenton Brendel, Joseph N. Burchett, Jasmine Martinez Castillo, Jacob Chambers, Lauren Corlies, Greyson Davis, Ralf Jürgen Dettmar, Ewan Douglas, Giulia Ghidoli, Alfred Goodwin, Walter Harris, John J. Hennessy, Carl Hergenrother, J. Christopher Howk, Nazende Ipek Kerkeser, John N. Kidd, Daewook Kim, Jessica S. Li, Adrian Martin, Jamison Noenickx, Gabe Noriega, Sooseong Park, Ryan Pecha, Manuel Quijada, L. Rodriguez de Marcos, Cork Sauve, David Schiminovich, Sanford Selznick, Oswald Siegmund, Rebecca Su, Sumedha Uppnor, Ellie Wolcott, Dennis F Zaritsky

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Aspera is a NASA-funded UV SmallSat mission designed to detect and map warm-hot phase halo gas around nearby galaxies. The Aspera payload is designed to detect faint diffuse O VI emission at around 103.2 nm, satisfying the sensitivity requirement of 5×10⁻¹⁹ erg/s/cm²/arcsec² over 179 hours of exposure. In this manuscript, we describe the overall payload design of Aspera. The payload comprises two identical co-aligned UV long-slit spectrograph optical channels sharing a common UV-sensitive microchannel plate detector. The design delivers spectral resolution R ∼ 2,000 over the wavelength range of 101 to 106 nm. The field of view of each channel is 1 degree by 30 arcsec, with an effective area of 1.1 cm². The mission is now entering the payload integration and testing phase, with the projected launch-ready date set for late 2025 or early 2026. The mission will be launched into low-Earth orbit via rideshare.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024
Subtitle of host publication	Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Editors	Jan-Willem A. den Herder, Shouleh Nikzad, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510675094
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017274
State	Published - 2024
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray - Yokohama, Japan Duration: Jun 16 2024 → Jun 21 2024

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	13093
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	6/16/24 → 6/21/24

Keywords

Circumgalactic Medium
microchannel Plate
NASA Astrophysics Pioneers
Ovi Emission
Small Satellite
Space Telescope
Spectrograph
UV

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Chung, H., Vargas, C. J., Hamden, E., McMahon, T., Tanquary, H., Khan, A. R., Coronado, F., Verts, B., Melso, N., Choi, H., Agarwal, S., Corliss, J., Hoadley, K., Keppler, M., Hamara, D., Garcia, E., Truong, D., Yescas, N., Augustin, R., ... Zaritsky, D. F. (2024). Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies. In J.-W. A. den Herder, S. Nikzad, & K. Nakazawa (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray Article 1309302 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13093). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017274

Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies. / Chung, Haeun; Vargas, Carlos J.; Hamden, Erika et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. ed. / Jan-Willem A. den Herder; Shouleh Nikzad; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2024. 1309302 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 13093).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Chung, H, Vargas, CJ, Hamden, E, McMahon, T, Tanquary, H, Khan, AR, Coronado, F, Verts, B, Melso, N, Choi, H, Agarwal, S, Corliss, J, Hoadley, K, Keppler, M, Hamara, D, Garcia, E, Truong, D, Yescas, N, Augustin, R, Batkis, M, Behroozi, P, Bradley, H, Brendel, T, Burchett, JN, Castillo, JM, Chambers, J, Corlies, L, Davis, G, Dettmar, RJ, Douglas, E, Ghidoli, G, Goodwin, A, Harris, W, Hennessy, JJ, Hergenrother, C, Howk, JC, Kerkeser, NI, Kidd, JN, Kim, D, Li, JS, Martin, A, Noenickx, J, Noriega, G, Park, S, Pecha, R, Quijada, M, de Marcos, LR, Sauve, C, Schiminovich, D, Selznick, S, Siegmund, O, Su, R, Uppnor, S, Wolcott, E & Zaritsky, DF 2024, Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies. in J-WA den Herder, S Nikzad & K Nakazawa (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray., 1309302, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 13093, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Yokohama, Japan, 6/16/24. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017274

Chung H, Vargas CJ, Hamden E, McMahon T, Tanquary H, Khan AR et al. Aspera Payload Design Overview: UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies. In den Herder JWA, Nikzad S, Nakazawa K, editors, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. SPIE. 2024. 1309302. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.3017274

Chung, Haeun ; Vargas, Carlos J. ; Hamden, Erika et al. / Aspera Payload Design Overview : UV SmallSat Mission to Detect and Map Warm-hot Halo Gas around the Nearby Galaxies. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray. editor / Jan-Willem A. den Herder ; Shouleh Nikzad ; Kazuhiro Nakazawa. SPIE, 2024. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering).

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