CAMELOT: Cubesats Applied for MEasuring and LOcalising Transients mission overview

Norbert Werner; Jakub Řípa; András Pál; Masanori Ohno; Norbert Tarcai; Kento Torigoe; Koji Tanaka; Nagomi Uchida; László Mészáros; Gabór Galgóczi; Yasushi Fukazawa; Tsunefumi Mizuno; Hiromitsu Takahashi; Kazuhiro Nakazawa; Zsolt Várhegyi; Teruaki Enoto; Hirokazu Odaka; Yuto Ichinohe; Zsolt Frei; László Kiss

doi:10.1117/12.2313764

6 July 2018 CAMELOT: Cubesats Applied for MEasuring and LOcalising Transients mission overview

Norbert Werner, Jakub Řípa, András Pál, Masanori Ohno, Norbert Tarcai, Kento Torigoe, Koji Tanaka, Nagomi Uchida, László Mészáros, Gabór Galgóczi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Zsolt Várhegyi, Teruaki Enoto, Hirokazu Odaka, Yuto Ichinohe, Zsolt Frei, László Kiss

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Proceedings Volume 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 106992P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313764
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

We propose a fleet of nanosatellites to perform an all-sky monitoring and timing based localisation of gamma-ray transients. The fleet of at least nine 3U cubesats shall be equipped with large and thin CsI(Tl) scintillator based soft gamma-ray detectors read out by multi-pixel photon counters. For bright short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), by cross-correlating their light curves, the fleet shall be able to determine the time difference of the arriving GRB signal between the satellites and thus determine the source position with an accuracy of ∼ 100 . This requirement demands precise time synchronization and accurate time stamping of the detected gamma-ray photons, which will be achieved by using on-board GPS receivers. Rapid follow up observations at other wavelengths require the capability for fast, nearly simultaneous downlink of data using a global inter-satellite communication network. In terms of all-sky coverage, the proposed fleet will outperform all GRB monitoring missions.

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Norbert Werner, Jakub Řípa, András Pál, Masanori Ohno, Norbert Tarcai, Kento Torigoe, Koji Tanaka, Nagomi Uchida, László Mészáros, Gabór Galgóczi, Yasushi Fukazawa, Tsunefumi Mizuno, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Zsolt Várhegyi, Teruaki Enoto, Hirokazu Odaka, Yuto Ichinohe, Zsolt Frei, and László Kiss "CAMELOT: Cubesats Applied for MEasuring and LOcalising Transients mission overview", Proc. SPIE 10699, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 106992P (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313764

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