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| ** original idea proposed for Litebird | ** original idea proposed for Litebird | ||
| ** some resources coming in a few months for some preliminary engineering work to be done. This is likely to provide some results on a time scale that is useful to PICO. | ** some resources coming in a few months for some preliminary engineering work to be done. This is likely to provide some results on a time scale that is useful to PICO. | ||
| - | ** will try to generalize for Litebird and PICO, and for a large | + | ** will try to generalize for Litebird and PICO in the near term. |
| ** proposing to ESA (6 March deadline), building up a consortium for a larger 3 year cubesat project. | ** proposing to ESA (6 March deadline), building up a consortium for a larger 3 year cubesat project. | ||
| ** The idea: a piggyback satellite that autonomously deploys and positions itself. | ** The idea: a piggyback satellite that autonomously deploys and positions itself. | ||
| + | ** goal is a few kg mass, and cost ~ 1% of total cost of mission. | ||
| ** The idea is to " | ** The idea is to " | ||
| * Cover wide frequency band: 10's of GHz, 40-400 GHz originally conceived. | * Cover wide frequency band: 10's of GHz, 40-400 GHz originally conceived. | ||
| - | * Monochromatic tones that move in frequency. | + | * Monochromatic tones that can be swept in frequency. |
| + | * Future ESA work will study some key trades, cost, mass, etc., and even possibly look at hardware demos. | ||
| + | * Do Galactic science need better than 1 degree precision in polarization angle? | ||