SIRTF prototype telescope

David Chaney; Robert J. Brown; Todd S. Shelton

doi:10.1117/12.367620

29 October 1999 SIRTF prototype telescope

David Chaney, Robert J. Brown, Todd S. Shelton

Proceedings Volume 3785, Advanced Telescope Design, Fabrication, and Control; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367620
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

This paper reports the results of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) prototype telescope build conducted by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation. The components for the SIRTF prototype telescope were designed and built under NASA's Infrared Telescope Technology Testbed program; the build and subsequent test activities were conducted under NASA's SIRTF/CTA flight program. The flight mission of the telescope will be astronomical observations in the infrared spectrum, 3.5 micrometers to 180 micrometers . To facilitate these observations the telescope will be cooled to 5.5 Kelvin and placed in a solar orbit aboard the SIRTF spacecraft. The prototype was built to verify the structural and cryogenic performance of the telescope.

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David Chaney, Robert J. Brown, and Todd S. Shelton "SIRTF prototype telescope", Proc. SPIE 3785, Advanced Telescope Design, Fabrication, and Control, (29 October 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.367620

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