The Solar-C (EUVST) mission: the latest status

Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Shimizu, Toshifumi
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Imada, Shinsuke
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Kawate, Tomoko
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Suematsu, Yoshinori
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Hara, Hirohisa
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Tsuzuki, Toshihiro
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Katsukawa, Yukio
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Kubo, Masahito
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Ishikawa, Ryoko
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Watanabe, Tetsuya
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Toriumi, Shin
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Ichimoto, Kiyoshi
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Nagata, Shin'ichi
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Hasegawa, Takahiro
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Yokoyama, Takaaki
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Watanabe, Kyoko
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Tsuno, Katsuhiko
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Korendyke, Clarence M.
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Warren, Harry
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De Pontieu, Bart
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Boerner, Paul
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Solanki, Sami K.
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Teriaca, Luca
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Schuehle, Udo
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Matthews, Sarah
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Long, David
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Thomas, William
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Hancock, Barry
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Reid, Hamish
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Fludra, Andrzej
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Auchère, Frederic
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Poletto, Luca
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Harra, Louise
DOI
Abstract
Solar-C (EUVST) is the next Japanese solar physics mission to be developed with significant contributions from US and European countries. The mission carries an EUV imaging spectrometer with slit-jaw imaging system called EUVST (EUV High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope) as the mission payload, to take a fundamental step towards answering how the plasma universe is created and evolves and how the Sun influences the Earth and other planets in our solar system. In April 2020, ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science) of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) has made the final down-selection for this mission as the 4th in the series of competitively chosen M-class mission to be launched with an Epsilon launch vehicle in mid 2020s. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has selected this mission concept for Phase A concept study in September 2019 and is in the process leading to final selection. For European countries, the team has (or is in the process of confirming) confirmed endorsement for hardware contributions to the EUVST from the national agencies. A recent update to the mission instrumentation is to add a UV spectral irradiance monitor capability for EUVST calibration and scientific purpose. This presentation provides the latest status of the mission with an overall description of the mission concept emphasizing on key roles of the mission in heliophysics research from mid 2020s.
Coverage
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
All editors
den Herder, Jan-Willem A.; Nikzad, Shouleh; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro
Series
Volume
11444
Start page
114440N
Conferenece
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
Conferenece place
Online Only, California, United States
Conferenece date
14-18 December, 2020
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0277-786X
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2020SPIE11444E..0NS
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