@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",
}