ULTRASAT

ULTRASAT (for Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite) is a planned space 33-cm Schmidt camera to detect near-UV transients. Aims include supernova discoveries, GW detection counterparts, and tidal disruption events (TDEs). A 3-year operational lifetime is planned, with a 2027 launch. It is to have a 204 square degree FOV, and is expected to detect on the order of a hundred transients per day, with the aim of alerting potential observers within 20 minutes for follow-up.