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Lightweight, cryogenic telescope fabricated from composite-material housing and a single-crystal-silicon (SCS) primary mirror

Completed

Description

Silicon primary, cesic mating structure, and overall telescope design provided by cirs-lite PIDDP funds Composite telescope housing done Telescope assembly Cryogenic optical testing Collaborators: Brasunas Coordination, science articulation Bly Optical Mechanical design Hagopian Cryogenic optical testing

Details

Technology areaSensors and Instruments > Observatories > Mirror Systems
ProgramCenter Independent Research & Development: GSFC IRAD (GSFC IRAD)
Lead organizationGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Start date2011-10-01
End date2012-09-30

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