Verification facility for cryogenic optics, mechanisms, and structures for the SIRTF telescope
| Autor: | Mark J. Lysek, Robert J. Brown, Jennifer A. Dooley, David Pearson, David Chaney, Alfred Edward Nash, James Hardy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Physics
Test facility business.industry Infrared telescope Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Active optics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics Jet propulsion Space observatory law.invention Telescope Optics Spitzer Space Telescope law Metre business Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VIII. |
| ISSN: | 0277-786X |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.406548 |
| Popis: | NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is a 1- meter class cryogenically-cooled space observatory. The constituent sub-assemblies are currently in their assembly and verification phase. To facilitate the assembly and verification of the telescope, the Space Telescope Test Facility (STTF) has been built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The STTF allows for the assembly, alignment, and optical characterization of individual components, as well as the telescope assembly with its cryogenic mechanism, at temperatures from 300 to 5 K in a chamber with interior diameter of 1.4 m, and a height of 2.3 m. The chamber is surrounded by a class 10,000 or better clean room. This paper reports on the functional and operational capabilities of this facility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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