Presentation + Paper
29 November 2023 Year one into ELT M1 segments manufacturing
Camille Frapolli, Christophe Couteret, Dominique Bardon, Aurélie Delfosse, Gilles Chaussat, Alexandre Bacouel, Pauline Lesongeur, Frederic Boillet, Alain Denis, Sebastien Julienne, Marc Gouedard
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 12778, Optifab 2023; 127780A (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2685271
Event: SPIE Optifab, 2023, Rochester, New York, United States
Abstract
In 2017, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) awarded a contract for the Polishing, integration and final figuring of the Segment Assemblies of the primary mirror (M1) for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) to Safran Reosc. Since then, the design and commissioning of a production unit dedicated for ELT M1 has been accomplished and the plant have been producing many mirrors since spring 2022. We present the status of the project, some lessons learned and highlight the successes that have been achieved so far.
Conference Presentation
(2023) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Camille Frapolli, Christophe Couteret, Dominique Bardon, Aurélie Delfosse, Gilles Chaussat, Alexandre Bacouel, Pauline Lesongeur, Frederic Boillet, Alain Denis, Sebastien Julienne, and Marc Gouedard "Year one into ELT M1 segments manufacturing", Proc. SPIE 12778, Optifab 2023, 127780A (29 November 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2685271
Advertisement
Advertisement
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission  Get copyright permission on Copyright Marketplace
KEYWORDS
Manufacturing

Mirrors

Large telescopes

Observatories

RELATED CONTENT

The VLTI Auxiliary Telescopes: commissioning of AT1
Proceedings of SPIE (October 20 2004)
Fabrication of SUBARU primary mirror blank
Proceedings of SPIE (June 01 1994)
Hobby-Eberly Telescope: a progress report
Proceedings of SPIE (March 21 1997)
Telescope costs and cost reduction
Proceedings of SPIE (March 21 1997)

Back to Top