@inproceedings{033b011b96f44610805362b92912d725,
title = "The Pandora SmallSat: A Mission to spectroscopically study exoplanet atmospheres",
abstract = "Pandora is a low-cost space telescope designed to measure the composition of distant transiting planets. The Pandora observatory is designed with the capability of measuring precision photometry simultaneously with near-infrared spectroscopy, enabling scientists to disentangle stellar activity from the subtle signature of a planetary atmosphere. The broad-wavelength coverage will provide constraints on the spot and faculae covering fractions of low-mass exoplanet host stars and the impact of these active regions on exoplanetary transmission spectra. Pandora will subsequently identify exoplanets with hydrogen- or water-dominated atmospheres, and robustly determine which planets are covered by clouds and hazes. Pandora observations will also contribute to the study of transit timing variations and phase curve photometry. With a launch readiness date of early-2025, the Pandora mission represents a new class of low-cost space missions that will achieve out-of-this-world science.",
keywords = "astronomy, exoplanets, Infrared, Optical, photometer, spectrograph, stars, stellar activity",
author = "Kelsey Hoffman and Quintana, {Elisa V.} and Dotson, {Jessie L.} and Col{\'o}n, {Knicole D.} and Thomas Barclay and Pete Supsinskas and Jordan Karburn and D{\'a}niel Apai and Christina Hedges and Rackham, {Benjamin V.} and Rowe, {Jason F.} and Christiansen, {Jessie L.} and Greene, {Thomas P.} and James Mason and Gregory Mosby and N{\'e}stor Espinoza and Gilbert, {Emily A.} and Kostov, {Veselin B.} and Lewis, {Nikole K.} and Morris, {Brett M.} and Mullally, {Susan E.} and Newton, {Elisabeth R.} and Schlieder, {Joshua E.} and Allison Youngblood and Trevor Foote and Megan Mansfield and Stevenson, {Kevin B.} and Steven Villanueva and Joshua Pepper",
note = "Funding Information: Pandora is supported by NASA's Astrophysics Pioneers Program. Pre-proposal work was supported by GSFC's Internal Research and Development Program and a Mission Planning Lab at Wallops Flight Facility. Funding Information: Pandora is supported by NASA{\textquoteright}s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. Pre-proposal work was supported by GSFC{\textquoteright}s Internal Research and Development Program and a Mission Planning Lab at Wallops Flight Facility. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 SPIE.; Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 22-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2629546",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Coyle, {Laura E.} and Shuji Matsuura and Perrin, {Marshall D.}",
booktitle = "Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022",
}