Updates on the Einstein Probe mission

Weimin Yuan; Chen Zhang; Zhixing Ling; Yonghe Zhang; Zhiming Cai; Huaqiu Liu; Shengli Sun; Xiaojin Sun; Yong Chen; Weiwei Cui; Dawei Han; Shumei Jia; Yuan Liu; Hui Sun; Erik Kuulkers; Kirpal Nandra; Bertrand Cordier

doi:10.1117/12.3023595

21 August 2024 Updates on the Einstein Probe mission

Weimin Yuan, Chen Zhang, Zhixing Ling, Yonghe Zhang, Zhiming Cai, Huaqiu Liu, Shengli Sun, Xiaojin Sun, Yong Chen, Weiwei Cui, Dawei Han, Shumei Jia, Yuan Liu, Hui Sun, Erik Kuulkers, Kirpal Nandra, Bertrand Cordier

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130931C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023595
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Einstein Probe (EP), launched successfully on January 9, 2024, is a space mission dedicated to X-ray time-domain astrophysics with a broad range of scientific goals. EP carries a wide-field X-ray telescope to monitor the soft X-ray sky in 0.5–4 keV with a 3600 square-degree field-of-view and a narrow-field X-ray telescope for follow-up observations in 0.3–10 keV and precise source locating. The satellite is currently in the commissioning phase, undertaking in-orbit tests and calibration of the spacecraft and payloads, and tests for the data telemetry and space-ground communication. The test and calibration results achieved so far show that the spacecraft and instruments are working normally, and all the performances meet the requirements of the project design. EP is expected to start normal science operations from late June or early July, 2024.

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Weimin Yuan, Chen Zhang, Zhixing Ling, Yonghe Zhang, Zhiming Cai, Huaqiu Liu, Shengli Sun, Xiaojin Sun, Yong Chen, Weiwei Cui, Dawei Han, Shumei Jia, Yuan Liu, Hui Sun, Erik Kuulkers, Kirpal Nandra, and Bertrand Cordier "Updates on the Einstein Probe mission", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130931C (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3023595

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