4 papers
Preliminary Baseline Antenna Design for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) Mission
Robert Lehmensiek, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan
The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) mission extends the submillimeter Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to space. The preliminary baseline design of a shaped axial-symmetric disp…
Antenna Technology Readiness for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) Mission
T. K. Sridharan, R. Lehmensiek, S. Schwarz +1
The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) will be the first sub-mm wavelength Space Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) mission. It targets astronomical imaging with the highest ever spa…
The Black Hole Explorer: Preliminary Antenna Design
T. K. Sridharan, R. Lehmensiek, D. Marrone +6
We present the basic design of a large, light weight, spaceborne antenna for the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) space Very Long Baseline Interferometry (space-VLBI) mission, achieving…
The Black Hole Explorer: Instrument System Overview
Daniel P. Marrone, Janice Houston, Kazunori Akiyama +14
The Black Hole Explorer (BHEX) is a space very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) mission concept that is currently under development. BHEX will study supermassive black holes at…