RUSSIAN

SPACE ASTROMETRIC MISSION

THE PROJECT OF RUSSIAN SPACE INTERFEROMETER OSIRIS

About the Project

History

Scientific tasks

Orbit

Optical layout

Positioning

OSIRIS

LIDA

Current status

Publications

Contacts

 

 

  

 

   

Development History of OSIRIS Astrometric Instrument

1980s Draft project of a ground-based optical interferometer with 1m baseline. (Kazan University, ÊÎÌZ - Î.Å. Shornikov , SAI - À.À. Tokovinin )
1994 Project of a space-borne optical astrometric interferometer. (INASAN, Kazan State University, ÊÎÌZ,
Director - Academician À.À. Boyarchuk)
1995-97s Project of ZODIAC optical astrometric interferometer for the International Space Station (ISS) within the framework of the Russian-American Science-NASA
From 1995 till now Project of OSIRIS space-borne optical astrometric interferometer. (INASAN, GOI, SAI, Lavochkin Assotiation,
Director - Academician À.À. Boyarchuk)

In 1993 Î.Å. Shornikov, an employee of the Kazan Optics and Mechanics Plant (KOMZ), put forward an idea of a space-borne optical interferometer, capable of performing a number of astrometric tasks. In the same year INASAN began the feasibility studies of ZODIAC interferometer, intended for operation onboard the orbiting space station. These studies continued within the framework of Science-NASA research initiative.

Along with that, in 1995-1999 INASAN was working on a purely Russian project of a small astrometric satellite carrying OSIRIS interferometer. Since 2000 the works on this project have been proceeding under a contract with the Russian Space & Aviation Agency.

Since 2003 there have been also under study various applications of the astrometric interferometer, among them the coordinate measurement from Earth and in the near space, and Earth-Space-Earth laser communications.

In 2005 was started the development of a stripped-down version of the arc-metering interferometer.