PEGASE is a mission dedicated to the exploration of the environment (including habitable zone) of young and solar-type stars (particularly those in the DARWIN catalogue) and the observation of low mass companions around nearby stars. It is a space interferometer project composed of three free flying spacecraft, respectively featuring two 40 cm siderostats and a beam combiner working in the visible and near infrared. It has been proposed to ESA as an answer to the first "Cosmic Vision" call for proposals, as an M mission. The concept also enables full-scale demonstration of space nulling interferometry operation for DARWIN. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Ollivier, M., Absil, O., Allard, F., Berger, J. P., Bordé, P., Cassaing, F., … Surdej, J. (2009). PEGASE, an infrared interferometer to study stellar environments and low mass companions around nearby stars. Experimental Astronomy, 23(1), 403–434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-008-9133-6
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