Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) Flight Baseline Concept

Marie Levine , D. Lisman , S. Shaklan , J. Kasting , W. Traub , J. Alexander , R. Angel , C. Blaurock

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M. Brown R. Brown C. Burrows M. Clampin E. Cohen D. Content L. Dewell P. Dumont R. Egerman H. Ferguson V. Ford J. Greene O. Guyon H. Hammel S. Heap T. Ho S. Horner S. Hunyadi S. Irish C. Jackson J. Kasdin A. Kissil M. Krim M. Kuchner E. Kwack C. Lillie D. Lin A. Liu L. Marchen M. Marley V. Meadows G. Mosier P. Mouroulis M. Noecker R. Ohl B. Oppenheimer J. Pitman S. Ridgway E. Sabatke S. Seager M. Shao A. Smith R. Soummer K. Stapelfeldt D. Tenerell J. Trauger R. Vanderbei

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The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) mission presented here is an existence proof for a flagship-class internal coronagraph space mission capable of detecting and characterizing Earth-like planets and planetary systems at visible wavelengths around nearby stars, using an existing launch vehicle. TPF-C will use spectroscopy to measure key properties of exoplanets including the presence of atmospheric water or oxygen, powerful signatures in the search for habitable worlds.

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Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) Flight Baseline Concept

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