The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)

The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) proposes an interferometric array of thousands of identical SmallSats at an  Earth-Sun Lagrange point (e.g. L5) to measure the magnetic fields of terrestrial exoplanets via detections of their radio emissions at  frequencies between 100 kHz and 15 MHz. Each spacecraft will carry an innovative Vector Sensor Antenna, which will enable the first  survey of exoplanetary magnetic fields within 5 parsecs.    

In a departure from the traditional approach of a single large and expensive spacecraft (i.e. HST, Chandra, JWST) with many single  points of failure, we propose an interferometric Great Observatory comprised of thousands of small, cheap, and easily-replaceable  nodes. Interferometry, a technique that combines signals from many spatially separated receivers to form a large 'virtual' telescope, is  ideally suited to long wavelength astronomy. The individual antenna/receiver systems are simple, no large structures are required, and  the very large spacing between nodes provides high spatial resolution.   

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