Paper 13093-5
Paper 13093-5
QUVIK (Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor) spacecraft and payload system design overview
16 June 2024 • 10:10 - 10:30 Japan Standard Time | Room G414/415, North - 4F
Abstract
We present a spacecraft and payload system design of a UV space telescope on a ∼130kg micro-satellite mission with a moderately fast repointing capability and near real-time alert communication. The mission, called Quick Ultra-Violet Kilonova surveyor – QUVIK, shall measure the brightness evolution of kilonovae, resulting from mergers of neutron stars simultaneously in the near-UV and far-UV band and thus it shall distinguish between different explosion scenarios. As a secondary objective the mission will also provide unique follow-up capabilities for other transients both in the near- and far-UV bands. The mission was selected for implementation by an ambitious Czech national mission program to promote the development of Czech science and space technology.
Presenter
Czech Aerospace Research Ctr. (Czech Republic)
Vladimír Dániel is lead system engineer in VZLU – Czech Aerospace Research Centre. In VZLU has been engaged in the research and development of space equipment and instruments for a long time. He participated, in the microaccelerometer project for the SWARM mission, supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and in the project of the ASPIICS European solar coronagraph onboard Proba3 mission. He was the PI of Czech CubeSats VZLUSAT1 and VZLUSAT2. Currently is the lead system engineer for ambitious Czech projects AMBIC and QUVIK supported by ESA.