Teledyne’s Visible and Infrared Detectors are the “Eyes” of ESA’s Euclid Dark Universe Space Mission
26 Junho 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
On Saturday, July 1, the European Space Agency (ESA) is
scheduled to launch the Euclid Dark Universe space astrophysics
mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Euclid will explore the
evolution of the dark Universe, constructing a three-dimensional
map of the Universe by observing billions of galaxies out to 10
billion light-years. While dark energy accelerates the expansion of
the Universe and dark matter governs the growth of cosmic
structures, scientists do not know what dark energy and dark matter
are. By observing how the Universe evolved over the past 10 billion
years, astronomers can infer the properties of dark matter and dark
energy to reveal more about their precise nature.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230626825584/en/
The Euclid VIS Focal Plane under test at
the CEA/IRFU facility in Saclay, France. Photo credit: M. Berthé /
CEA
Euclid has a 1.2-meter diameter telescope that is designed to
work at both visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The telescope
will collect light from distant cosmic objects and feed the light
to two scientific instruments: a visible wavelength camera (VIS)
and a near-infrared spectrometer and photometer (NISP). The two
instruments work in parallel and observe the same region of the sky
during each exposure. Each instrument has a field of view of 0.56
degree – about 2.8 times larger than the full moon, enabling Euclid
to measure more than a third of the sky during its planned six year
mission. Teledyne e2v Space Imaging and Teledyne Imaging Sensors,
business units of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY),
provided the visible and infrared detectors that compose the focal
plane mosaics.
Euclid’s VIS focal plane is composed of 36 Charge Coupled
Devices (CCDs), each with 4,096×4,096 pixels, for a total of
approximately 604 million pixels. The CCDs were produced by
Teledyne e2v Space Imaging in Chelmsford, England.
The Euclid NISP instrument was delivered by an international
consortium coordinated by France, with partners from Italy,
Germany, Spain, Denmark, Norway, and the United States. Euclid’s
NISP focal plane is composed of 16 H2RG infrared arrays, each with
2,048×2,048 pixels, for a total of more than 67 million pixels.
When Euclid launches, NISP will be the largest infrared focal plane
mosaic operating in space. The H2RGs were produced by Teledyne
Imaging Sensors in Camarillo, California. Teledyne Imaging Sensors
also produced the SIDECAR ASIC, an application specific CMOS chip
that operates Euclid’s H2RG arrays and digitizes the image
data.
“Teledyne is very proud to provide the high performance
detectors to the Euclid dark universe mission,” said Dr. James
Beletic, President of Teledyne Imaging Sensors. “We are honored to
contribute to this important mission that will advance our
understanding of the Universe.”
About Teledyne Technologies
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated
digital imaging products and software, instrumentation, aerospace
and defense electronics, and engineered systems. Teledyne
Technologies’ operations are primarily located in the United
States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Western and Northern
Europe. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies’ website
at www.teledyne.com.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230626825584/en/
Dr. James Beletic (805) 231-8267
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Abr 2024 até Mai 2024
Teledyne Technologies (NYSE:TDY)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Mai 2023 até Mai 2024