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Description
SOLAR-C is the third Japanese solar space mission, designed to provide a major advance over previous and existing solar missions. The main instrument of SOLAR-C is the EUV High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST), which is complemented by the EUV Solar Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SoSpIM). EUVST will provide spectroscopic observations of solar atmospheric plasma from the 10,000 K chromosphere to the flaring corona (> 10 MK) simultaneously at very high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution, thanks to its high efficiency (throughput) and unprecedented wide wavelength coverage. The EUV irradiance monitor will make novel flare observations and provide important information on the absolute calibration of EUVST.
The spectrograph consists of one short wavelength (SW) CCD camera (under development by ESA/UCL-MSSL), three long wavelength (LW) CMOS cameras and a slit-jaw imager (under development by NASA/NRL/LMSAL). In this presentation we describe the SOLAR-C mission objectives and capabilities, with an emphasis on the design and status of the SW camera development, including science performance expectations.
