Gaia spacecraft

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:capacity solar system objects
over 1.5 billion stars
millions of galaxies
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:international_collaboration
gptkbp:communication X-band
gptkbp:data_type gptkb:CSV
FITS
VO Table
gptkbp:data_usage gptkb:education
gptkb:public_outreach
astronomical research
gptkbp:elevation L2 Lagrange point
gptkbp:goal create a 3 D map of the Milky Way
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gaia spacecraft
gptkbp:impact gptkb:planet
gptkb:spacecraft
galactic dynamics
stellar astrophysics
stellar populations
gptkbp:instrument gptkb:musician
astrometric instrument
gptkbp:launch_date 19 December 2013
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Soyuz-FG
gptkbp:launched gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:mass 2,000 kg
gptkbp:mission ongoing
astrometry
none yet
gptkbp:mission_duration 5 years (initial)
gptkbp:notable_work detection of exoplanets
discovery of new stars
identification of star clusters
mapping of the Milky Way structure
measurement of stellar motions
study of dark matter distribution
gptkbp:objective measure distances to stars
measure motions of stars
measure positions of stars
gptkbp:power_output solar panels
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:ESA's_Gaia_Data_Release
gptkb:Gaia_Archive
gptkbp:released first data release in September 2016
fourth data release in June 2022
second data release in April 2018
third data release in December 2020
gptkbp:research gptkb:musician
photometry
parallax measurement