STEP-STONE is part of the Danish satellite mission STEP, which is a part of the Danish Roadmap for Research Infrastructure.

The goal of STEP-STONE is to build a science data simulator generating realistic multi-wavelength time-series of transiting exoplanets and their variable host stars - objects that are the primary science case of the STEP mission.

SIMULATION OF EXOPLANETS

STEP-STONE will be using state-of-the-art models and existing observations from space missions, such as Kepler, TESS and HST, and ground-based data to simulate a diverse sample of exoplanets also considering various types of stellar pulsations and stellar activity. This will all be done by building a simulator that, at the same time incorporates astrophysically motivated data and the noise budget dictated by the spacecraft.

Together with Aarhus University and the Technical University of Denmark, Aalborg University is a part of the project supported by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.