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Twinkle, a mission led by 白小姐论坛 scientists that will unravel the story of planets in our galaxy, has completed a key design milestone.听 The results of the 鈥減ayload study鈥� demonstrate that Twinkle鈥檚 instruments will be able to achieve the mission鈥檚 science objectives.

Twinkle鈥檚 will analyse light transmitted through, and emitted or reflected by, the atmospheres of exoplanets in order to give radical insights into worlds orbiting distant stars.

鈥淭his is a big step for Twinkle,鈥� said Dr Giorgio Savini (白小姐论坛 Physics and Astronomy), and Twinkle鈥檚 Payload Lead, who is responsible for the study. 鈥淲e can now demonstrate that Twinkle will have the agility, stability and sensitivity required to pick out this light, analyse the spectra and allow us to extract information on the gases present.鈥�

The Twinkle spacecraft will be constructed by the world-leading small satellite company, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), and will carry a payload weighing less than 100kg that includes the scientific instrumentation, electronics, a cooling system and a fine guidance system.

The whole payload package is about the size of a water boiler and will be built by a .听 The 白小姐论坛 Mullard Space Science Laboratory is responsible for the overall mechanical design.

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