Chelmsford, UK, July 28, 2023 - Teledyne e2v, part of the Teledyne
Technologies Group, is looking forward to seeing the Euclid Spacecraft enter
orbit to determine the properties of dark energy and dark matter on universal
scales.
The Teledyne e2v team of highly experienced engineers, technicians and
scientists designed and manufactured the 36 sensors for Euclid's visible
wavelength camera which forms part of the payload module.
The Teleydne e2v team that have worked on the sensors for ESA’s Euclid
Spacecraft
Euclid is designed to explore the evolution of the dark universe. Over six
years, it will make a 3D-map of the universe by observing billions of galaxies
out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. Euclid
will give us further understanding of what dark energy and dark matter
actually are. The mission will help to determine how the universe originated
and what it is made of.
Euclid is a European mission, built and operated by The European Space Agency,
with contributions from NASA. Teledyne e2v is part of the Euclid consortium
consisting of more than 2000 scientists from 300 institutes in 13 European
countries, the US, Canada and Japan.
The Teledyne e2v team have a rich heritage of manufacturing imaging sensors
and sub-systems for over 150 space missions helping humankind to better
understand the world we live in. They were selected to work with ESA on the
Euclid mission as their sensors are proven to surpass the mission lifetime and
known to survive the cold hostile space environment. All Teledyne e2v's
sensors go through intensive radiation, temperature, shock and vibration
testing. Euclid will be too far out into space to do any repairs so the
Teledyne e2v team have designed sensors that will deliver on performance over
the mission lifetime.
The launch was delayed due to the war in Ukraine and is now scheduled for 1st
July on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
Its operational orbit will be a halo around a point known as the Sun-Earth
Lagrange point 2, at an average distance of 1.5 million km beyond Earth’s
orbit. It will initially fly for 30 days for instrument testing followed by an
operational lifetime of six years, with the possibility of extension.
Gabriela Druitt, Director of Engineering for Space Imaging at Teledyne e2v,
who worked on Dark Matter research prior to starting at Teledyne e2v, notes:
“I think this is one of the most exciting missions that we have worked on to
date. The Euclid mission will help us understand the fundamental physical laws
of the Universe. It will reveal what dark energy and dark matter is and how
the universe is changing. Dark matter can have some interesting applications,
such as enabling futuristic space travel which would enable humankind to break
current challenges that are associated with it.”
All the Euclid visible sensors were designed, fabricated, post-processed,
packaged and tested in Teledyne e2v's facilities in Chelmsford (UK). The
detectors for the EUCLID infrared focal plane were provided by Teledyne e2v's
sister company, Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors, in California
With a long and enviable history of technical and scientific innovation,
Teledyne e2v is always working at the forefront of new space technologies.
-ENDS-
Notes to Editors
Teledyne e2v is part of the Teledyne Imaging Group. Their
leading-edge devices enable customer innovations through access to
state-of-the-art technologies, driving the next generation of systems, in
signal chain semiconductor devices, full spectrum imaging and high-power radio
frequency solutions. Teledyne e2v engineers have led on ground-breaking
improvements in cancer radiotherapy systems, ultra-high reliability in
critical electronic systems, observing the effects of climate change from
space and imaging planetary exploration in our solar system.
For more information, visit
https://www.teledyne-e2v.com
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under the Teledyne Technologies [TDY] umbrella. Space Imaging forms an
unrivalled collective of expertise across the spectrum with decades of
experience. Individually, each company offers best-in-class solutions.
Together, they combine and leverage each other's strengths to provide the
deepest, widest imaging and related technology portfolio in the world. From
aerospace through industrial inspection, scientific research, spectroscopy,
radiography and radiotherapy, geospatial surveying, and advanced MEMS and
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and the technical expertise to handle the toughest tasks. Their tools,
technologies, and vision solutions are built to deliver to their customers a
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