FAME (MIDEX 4) [NASA]
FAME (MIDEX 4) [NASA] |
FAME (Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer) is a space astrometry mission that measures the positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and photometry of 40,000,000 stars brighter than V=15th magnitude to between 50 and 500 microarcseconds accuracy, depending on the magnitude.
It was selected as a MIDEX Explorer mission by NASA, but NASA cancelled its support for
this mission due to doubts, if the goals could be reached.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Astrometry |
| Operator: | US Naval Observatory, USAF STP (Space Test Program) |
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| Propulsion: | Star-30BP |
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| Mass: | ? |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| FAME (S00-5) (ex MIDEX 4) | cancelled | CC | Delta-7425-10C |
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Last update: 27.09.2009
Contact: gunter.krebs@skyrocket.de
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