Abstract

With the successful launch of the next generation space astrometry mission Gaia* in December 2013, this paper is going to provide an overview and status of this mission after its first half year of operations in space. We will provide a summary of the performed commissioning activities, the obtained findings, and how these first months of working on real data is impacting the DPAC operational concepts. The results will also provide a first glimpse of what Gaia will deliver in its future catalog releases.

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Project commissioningAstrometrySpace (punctuation)Systems engineeringComputer scienceAeronauticsEngineeringRemote sensingPublishingGeologyStarsPolitical scienceOperating system

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2014
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9150
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91500A-91500A
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S. Els, T. Lock, G. Comoretto et al. (2014). The commissioning of Gaia. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE , 9150 , 91500A-91500A. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056095

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10.1117/12.2056095