Dr. Thomas Kanitz Profile

Dr. Thomas Kanitz

at European Space Agency

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Proceedings Article | 24 August 2024 Presentation

Status of PLATO mission camera: progress on TVAC tests and performance overview for the camera flight models

Nicolas Gorius, Alessio Aboudan, Matthias Ammler-von Eiff, Paolo Apollonio, Thierry Appourchaux, Claudio Arena, Natalia Auricchio, Ann Baeke, Andrea Balestra, Nicolas Beraud, Ricardo Bolt, Elisa Borreguero, Francesco Borsa, Daniele Brienza, Andrea Busatta, Juan Cabrera, Flavia Calderone, Giacomo Cherchi, Simonetta Chinellato, Fabrizio Cogato, Mathieu Condamin, Fernando Conde, Andrea Cottinelli, Giacomo Dinuzzi, Cydalise Dumesnil, Philipp Eigmüller, Lucía Espinosa, Jacopo Farinato, Lorenza Ferrari, Serge François, Maria Fürmetz, Andrea Galbiati, Sena Gomashie, Nathalie Gorter, Duncan Goulty, Davide Greggio, Denis Grießbach, Sascha Grziwa, Pierre Guiot, Pierre Guiton, Aline Hermans, Véronique Hervier, Joseph Huesler, Robert Huisman, Rik Huygen, Thomas Kanitz, Tim van Kempen, Tom Kennedy, Wouter Laauwen, François Langlet, Jean-Christophe Le Clech, Yves Levillain, Lionel Lourit, Sean Madden, Demetrio Magrin, Cesar Martin, Alexandra Mazzoli, Guillermo Mercant, Michiel Min, Rayene Missi, Francesca Molendini, Francisco Montoro, Matteo Munari, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Jarno Panman, Carsten Paproth, Martin Pertenais, Roberto Ragazzoni, Gonzalo Ramos Zapata, Sara Regibo, Maria Teresa Rodrigo, Pierre Royer, Jesus Saiz, Amaia Santiago, Francesco Santoli, Maria Ángeles Sierra, Heino Smit, Alan Smith, Guilhem Terrasa, Giovanni Tropea, Luca Valenziano, Ángel Valverde, Erik van der Meer, Bart Vandenbussche, Willem Jan Vreeling, Dave Walton, Pierre-Amaury Westphal, Romain Zida, Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Miguel Mas-Hesse, Isabella Pagano, Heike Rauer

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309216 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020454

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

The planetary transit and oscillations (PLATO) mission status: flight model build and initial ground testing

Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Thomas Walloschek, Ana Heras, José Aroca, Tobias Boenke, Fabrice Boquet, Claudio Casagrande, Emanuelle De Biasi, Atul Deep, Andrea Galbiati, Edoardo Giana, Duncan Goulty, Ian Harrison, Nadia Hidalgo Torres, Joseph Huesler, Thomas Kanitz, Arnoud Jan Keereman, Matej Koubek, Philipp Laget, Isabelle Luthold, Sean Madden, Francesca Molendini, Sami Matias Niemi, Juan Pablo Rodríguez García, Theo Ridder, Hans Rozemeijer, Daniele Teti, Amadou Whitaker, James Windsor, Alistair Winton, Steve Foley, David Milligan, Laurence O'Rourke, Isabella Pagano, Gianalfredo Nicolini, Rosario Cosentino, Heike Rauer, Juan Cabrera, Martin Pertenais, Anders Erikson, Gisbert Peter, Philipp Eigmüller, Jose Miguel Mas-Hesse, Andrea Sacchetti, Pablo Jorba Coloma, Bart Vandenbussche, Ana Balado, Thomas Kennedy, Philippe Plasson, Aline Hermans, Julio Rodríguez, Rosario Sanz, Ana Di Giorgio, Gonzalo Ramos Zapata, Cydalise Dumesnilr, Lorenza Ferrari

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309215 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020491

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Space operations, Stars, Design, Data processing, Control systems, Planets, Scanning tunneling microscopy, Satellites, X band, Exoplanets, Astronomical telescopes, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper

PLATO: verification of in-orbit performances through STOP analysis

Davide Greggio, Demetrio Magrin, Nicolas Gorius, Giovanni Tropea, Paolo Apollonio, Maria Fuermetz, Andrea Cottinelli, Duncan Goulty, Thomas Kanitz, Giacomo Dinuzzi, Francesco Santoli, Alexander Kuisl, Sami-Matias Niemi, Isabella Pagano, Martin Pertenais, Roberto Ragazzoni

Proceedings Volume 13092, 130924E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020466

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Point spread functions, Thermal modeling, Performance modeling, Image quality, Thermal stability

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation

The PLATO mission design and status

Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Filippo Marliani, Ana Heras, Thomas Walloschek, Marco Gaido, Joseph Huesler, Amadou Whitaker, José Aroca, Alistair Winton, Daniele Teti, Ian Harrison, Fabrice Boquet, Marco Cesa, Philippe Laget, Thomas Kanitz, Sami-Matias Niemi, Yves Levillain, Duncan Goulty, Sean Madden, James Windsor, Juan Pablo Rodríguez García, Nadia Hidalgo Torres, Beverly Brown, Laurence O'Rourke, Mark Kidger, David Milligan, Steve Foley, Francesca Molendini, Marco Ermocida, Andrea Sacchetti, Frank Steier, Laura León Pérez, Jean-Luc Petit, Christian Walther, Martin Pertenais, Anders Erikson, Juan Cabrera, César Martín García, Heike Rauer, Isabella Pagano, Miguel Mas-Hesse

Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218019 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630215

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Stars, Cameras, Exoplanets, Velocity measurements, Sensors, Satellites, Planets, Photometry, Optical benches

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Proceedings Article | 11 June 2021 Open Access

ESA Atmospheric LIDAR (ATLID) testing, qualification, and calibration

G. de Villele, J. Pereira do Carmo, K. Wallace, B. Corselle, T. Belhadj, P. Bravetti, A. Lefebvre, F. Chassat, T. Kanitz, K. Ghose, C. Haas

Proceedings Volume 11852, 118521J (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599245

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2019 Open Access

Aeolus first light: first glimpse

T. Kanitz, J. Lochard, J. Marshall, P. McGoldrick, O. Lecrenier, P. Bravetti, O. Reitebuch, M. Rennie, D. Wernham, A. Elfving

Proceedings Volume 11180, 111801R (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2535982

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Calibration, Doppler effect, Satellites, Transmitters, Space operations, Spectrometers, Beam analyzers, Backscatter, Atmospheric particles

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