Ground testing and calibration of focal plane detector flight model on board the first pathfinder of CATCH

• Published in: Experimental astronomy Vol. 59; no. 1
• Main Authors: Li, Panping, Zhao, Kang, Wen, Xiangyang, Li, Zhengwei, Gao, Min, Yin, Qian-Qing, Tao, Lian, Zhao, Qingchang, Wang, Yusa, Zhao, Zijian, Zhao, Shujie, Huang, Yiming, Xiao, Jingyu, Zhang, Yifan, Meng, Bin, Yang, Sheng, Chen, Wen, Zhou, Heng, Yang, Yong, He, Huilin, Ma, Ruican, Yang, Shuai, Huang, Guoli, Li, YaJun, Cao, Jiewei, Hou, Shu-Jin, Liu, Xiaojing, Wang, Jinzhou, Sun, Liang, Zhang, Shuang-Nan, Xiong, Shaolin, Ma, Xiang, Huang, Yue, Song, Liming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Astronomy; Calibration; Chemistry and Earth Sciences; Computer Science; Data acquisition; Data acquisition systems; Data analysis; Energy resolution; Environmental testing; Flight; Focal plane; Ground tests; Observations and Techniques; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Redundancy; Satellite constellations; Sensors; Space missions; Statistics for Engineering; System reliability; Thermal cycling; X-ray detector; SDD; Calibration

CATCH -1, as the first satellite of Chasing All Transients Constellation Hunters ( CATCH ) space mission, was successfully launched into its expected orbit on June 22, 2024. The flight model underwent environmental tests before launch, including thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, and mechanical evalua...