TY - GEN
T1 - SALTUS Probe Class Space Mission
T2 - CLEO: Applications and Technology, A and T 2022
AU - Kim, Daewook
AU - Arenberg, Jonathan W.
AU - Takashima, Yuzuru
AU - Palisoc, Art
AU - Walker, Christopher K
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Optica Publishing Group 2022, © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - SALTUS (Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies) is a mid/far-infrared telescope concept utilizing a 20-m scale inflatable mirror antenna. The light-weight mirror utilizes a membrane architecture that has been developed and characterized specifically for space-based applications. The telescope's end-to-end optical design and optimization process unleashes the unprecedented photon collecting power of a large space aperture. A series of inflatable mirror prototypes have been designed, manufactured, and tested. These tests confirmed the optical performance of the apertures under space-like conditions. This paradigm changing approach will allow the realization of a new generation of space telescopes far larger than can be achieved utilizing conventional technologies.
AB - SALTUS (Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies) is a mid/far-infrared telescope concept utilizing a 20-m scale inflatable mirror antenna. The light-weight mirror utilizes a membrane architecture that has been developed and characterized specifically for space-based applications. The telescope's end-to-end optical design and optimization process unleashes the unprecedented photon collecting power of a large space aperture. A series of inflatable mirror prototypes have been designed, manufactured, and tested. These tests confirmed the optical performance of the apertures under space-like conditions. This paradigm changing approach will allow the realization of a new generation of space telescopes far larger than can be achieved utilizing conventional technologies.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85136807227
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - CLEO
PB - Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
Y2 - 15 May 2022 through 20 May 2022
ER -