Gaia Observatory

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:actualMissionDuration extended beyond 5 years
gptkbp:aperture 1.45 x 0.5 m
gptkbp:catalogue over 1.8 billion stars (DR3)
gptkbp:cost ~€740 million
gptkbp:countryOfOperation gptkb:Europe
gptkbp:dataProcessingConsortium gptkb:DPAC
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:binary_stars
gptkb:white_dwarfs
quasars
supernovae
solar system objects
variable stars
brown dwarfs
stellar streams
exoplanet candidates
hypervelocity stars
new star clusters
gptkbp:expectedMissionDuration 5 years
gptkbp:fieldOfView 0.7° x 0.7°
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gaia Observatory
gptkbp:instrument astrometric telescope
gptkbp:launchDate 2013-12-19
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Guiana_Space_Centre
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Airbus_Defence_and_Space
gptkbp:mass 2030 kg
gptkbp:missionType astrometry
gptkbp:namedAfter Gaia (Greek goddess)
gptkbp:objective detect exoplanets
measure positions, distances, and motions of stars
study asteroids
study stellar evolution
study quasars
study supernovae
create 3D map of Milky Way
study brown dwarfs
study solar system objects
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:L2_Lagrange_point
gptkbp:photometer Blue Photometer (BP)
Red Photometer (RP)
gptkbp:powers 1910 W
gptkbp:releaseDate gptkb:Gaia_DR1
gptkb:Gaia_DR2
gptkb:Gaia_DR3
gptkb:Gaia_EDR3
Gaia DR4 (planned)
gptkbp:scanningLaw continuous scanning
gptkbp:spectrometer Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS)
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:website https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Space_observatories
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8