Paper 13093-245
Paper 13093-245
Design and development of the HERMES Pathfinder payloads
On demand | Presented live 19 June 2024 
Abstract
HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Pathfinder is a space-borne mission aiming to observe and localise Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) and other transients, based on a constellation of six nano-satellites flying in a low-Earth orbit (LEO). The 3U CubeSats, to be launched end-2024, host miniaturised instruments with a hybrid Silicon Drift Detector/GAGG:Ce scintillator photodetector system, sensitive to X-rays and gamma-rays in a large energy band.
The development of the HERMES constellation, the design of the payload with the particular detector choices, and the laboratory testing will be outlined. In particular, we will present the results of the detector calibrations and environmental tests, giving a complete picture of the current status of the mission.
Presenter
Riccardo Campana
INAF - Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio (Italy)
Dr. Riccardo Campana got his MSc in Physics in 2005, and his PhD in Astronomy from University of Rome "La Sapienza" in 2009. Since 2008 he works at INAF, and is currently senior staff researcher/technologist at INAF/OAS, Bologna, Italy. His main research interests are in the development of instrumentation for high energy astrophysics, and on the scientific exploitation of observations, in particular of Galactic compact objects. Dr. Campana is the AIVT and Calibration manager for the HERMES Pathfinder project.