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astro-ph.IM2016★ 7.1k cited
The Gaia mission
Gaia Collaboration
Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…
astro-ph.IM2014★ 13 cited
Gaia on-board metrology: basic angle and best focus
A. Mora, M. Biermann, A. G. A. Brown +21
The Gaia payload ensures maximum passive stability using a single material, SiC, for most of its elements. Dedicated metrology instruments are, however, required to carry out two f…