HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U CubeSat buses host new miniaturized detectors to probe the temporal emission of bright high-energy transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Fast transient localization, in a field of view of several steradians and with arcmin-level accuracy, is gained by comparing time delays among the same event detection epochs occurred on at least 3 nano-satellites. With a launch date in 2022, HERMES transient monitoring represents a keystone capability to complement the next generation of gravitational wave experiments. In this paper we will illustrate the HERMES payload design, highlighting the technical solutions adopted to allow a wide-energy-band and sensitive X-ray and gamma-ray detector to be accommodated in a Cubesat 1U volume together with its complete control electronics and data handling system.

The scientific payload on-board the HERMES-TP and HERMES-SP CubeSat missions

Gandola, Massimo;Mele, Filippo;Bertuccio, Giuseppe;Borghi, Giacomo;Lavagna, Michèle;Lunghi, Paolo;Amarilli, Fabrizio;Bechini, Michele;Colagrossi, Andrea;Curzel, Serena;Ferrandi, Fabrizio;Fiorito, Michele;Ottolina, Daniele;Pasquale, Andrea;Piccinin, Margherita;Prinetto, Jacopo;Scala, Francesca;Silvestrini, Stefano;Troisi, Ivan;Zanotti, Giovanni;
2020-01-01

Abstract

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U CubeSat buses host new miniaturized detectors to probe the temporal emission of bright high-energy transients such as Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). Fast transient localization, in a field of view of several steradians and with arcmin-level accuracy, is gained by comparing time delays among the same event detection epochs occurred on at least 3 nano-satellites. With a launch date in 2022, HERMES transient monitoring represents a keystone capability to complement the next generation of gravitational wave experiments. In this paper we will illustrate the HERMES payload design, highlighting the technical solutions adopted to allow a wide-energy-band and sensitive X-ray and gamma-ray detector to be accommodated in a Cubesat 1U volume together with its complete control electronics and data handling system.
2020
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray
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