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The Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite (COBRAS) is intended to image significant portions of the sky at t 0.5° angular resolution and ΔT/T t 10−6 sensitivity. The project has been submitted to the European Space Agency (ESA) as a small-medium size European mission. We outline the motivation and mission concept on the basis of preliminary studies.
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Mandolesi, N., Smoot, G., Bersanelli, M. (1994). The COBRAS mission. In: Sanz, J.L., Martínez-González, E., Cayón, L. (eds) Present and Future of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 429. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57755-6_50
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