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Darwin is a mid-IR(5-30 micron) interferometry observatory with baselines greater than 50 metres. As a long-duration general purpose observatory, ESA is studying it as part of its Horizons 2000 programme for a possible launch in the 2009 - 2016 timeframe. This paper describes some of the technical, scientific and programmatic aspects of the Darwin mission as presently conceived by the ESTEC study, the Alcatel industrial study and by the members of the Darwin Team.
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Penny, A., Leger, A., Laurance, R., Fridlund, M. The Darwin Space Interferometer. In: Bergeron, J., Renzini, A. (eds) From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10720961_77
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