Euclid spacecraft

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The Euclid spacecraft is a European Space Agency space telescope designed to map the geometry of the dark universe by studying dark matter and dark energy through precise measurements of the shapes and distances of billions of galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Space Agency spacecraft
space observatory
space telescope
attitudeControl three-axis stabilized
collaboration ESA member states
NASA
cosmicLocation Sun–Earth L2
surface form: Sun–Earth L2 point
dataDownlink high-gain antenna
dataType imaging data
spectroscopic data
fieldOfView about 0.5 square degrees
instrument NISP instrument
VIS instrument
launchCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
launchDate 2023-07-01
launchSite Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
launchVehicle Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: SpaceX Falcon 9
manufacturer Thales Alenia Space Italia
surface form: Thales Alenia Space
massAtLaunch approximately 2,000 kg
missionDurationDesign 6 years
missionType cosmology mission
dark energy survey mission
dark matter survey mission
namedAfter Euclid
surface form: Euclid of Alexandria
NISPInstrumentFullName Near Infrared Spectrometer
surface form: Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer
operator European Space Agency
orbitType halo orbit around Sun–Earth L2
powerSource solar arrays
primaryObjective map geometry of the Universe
measure distances of distant galaxies
measure shapes of distant galaxies
study dark energy
study dark matter
program ESA Science Programme
surface form: ESA Cosmic Vision programme
projectPhase operational
scienceArchive Euclid Science Archive
scienceGoal constrain dark energy equation of state
map large-scale structure of the Universe
measure baryon acoustic oscillations
measure weak gravitational lensing
test general relativity on cosmological scales
spaceAgency European Space Agency
surveyArea about 15,000 square degrees
targetPopulation billions of galaxies
telescopeAperture 1.2 m
telescopeType Korsch three-mirror anastigmat
VISInstrumentFullName Visible Instrument
wavelengthCoverage near-infrared
visible

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Sun–Earth L2 usedBy Euclid spacecraft
NASA APD overseesMission Euclid spacecraft
this entity surface form: Euclid (NASA participation)
L2 spacecraftLocatedAt Euclid spacecraft
subject surface form: Sun–Earth L2
this entity surface form: Euclid space telescope