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Simulation of a stellar stream in the halo of a galaxy to be observed by ARRAKIHS. / ARRAKIHS Consortium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOhkInglc20 The mission has successfully completed one of the critical phases and begins to work on central instrument to study dark matter. The European Space Agency (ESA) space mission ARRAKIHS (Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys) reached an important milestone in March: the Instrument Preliminary Requirements Review (iPRR) was successfully passed. As a result, ESA approved the completion of Payload/Instrument Phase A, announcing that ARRAKIHS Payload is ready to start Phase B this May.  The duration of Phase A, only 6 months, is in line with the mission’s adherence to the spirit of ESA’s fast mission program, advancing rapidly and efficiently. This Payload is the brain of ARRAKIHS, an instrument composed of two visible cameras and two infrared cameras developed by the Spanish company Satlantis to obtain the deep images of the Universe necessary for the scientific objectives of the mission. Successfully…

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