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Michele Foster
Researcher at Marshall Space Flight Center
Publications - 3
Citations - 20
Michele Foster is an academic researcher from Marshall Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Payload & Observatory. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 15 citations.
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IXPE Mission System Concept and Development Status
William D. Deininger,William Kalinowski,James Masciarelli,Stu Gray,Colin Peterson,Grant Hibbard,Jeff Wedmore,Jeff Bladt,Martin C. Weisskopf,Brian D. Ramsey,Stephen L. O'Dell,Allyn F. Tennant,Rondal Mize,Michele Foster,Paolo Soffitta,Fabio Muleri,Francesco Santoli,Ettore Del Monte,Luca Baldini,Michele Pinchera,Luca Latronico,Alessio Trois,Darren Osborne +22 more
TL;DR: The IXPE mission science objectives are summarized, the Observatory implementation concept including the payload and spacecraft elements are updated, and the mission status since last year's conference is summarized.
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IXPE Observatory Verification and Validation Approach and Threads Tool
William D. Deininger,Jennifer Erickson,Michele Foster,Janice Houston,Brian L. Smith,Bill Kalinowski,James Masciarelli,Zach Allen,Francesco Santoli,Ettore Del Monte +9 more
TL;DR: The IXPE mission is summarized and the verification, validation and characterization activities planned for the IXPE Mission System are described including the use of V&V threads.
The Small Satellite-Based, Imaging X-Ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) Mission
William D. Deininger,James Masciarelli,William Kalinowski,Grant Hibbard,J. Wedmore,S. Gray,M. Ferrie,D. Dolan,M. Onizuka,T. Seek,D.P. Sharma,Scott Mitchell,Kevin Ferrant,Christopher Boree,Spencer Antoniak,Rondal Mize,Cheryl D. Alexander,Michele Foster,Stephen L. O'Dell,Brian Ramsey,Francesco Santoli,Michele Pinchera,Massimo Minuti,A. Trois,E. Del Monte,F. Muleri +25 more
TL;DR: The Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) as discussed by the authors is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission with three polarization-sensitive, x-ray detector arrays paired with three xray mirror module assemblies (MMA).