NASA NTRS · 20150015951
A Future Large-Aperture UVOIR Space Observatory: Reference Designs
Abstract
Our joint NASA GSFC/JPL/MSFC/STScI study team has used community-provided science goals to derive mission needs, requirements, and candidate mission architectures for a future large-aperture, non-cryogenic UVOIR space observatory. We describe the feasibility assessment of system thermal and dynamic stability for supporting coronagraphy. The observatory is in a Sun-Earth L2 orbit providing a stable thermal environment and excellent field of regard. Reference designs include a 36-segment 9.2 m aperture telescope that stows within a five meter diameter launch vehicle fairing. Performance needs developed under the study are traceable to a variety of reference designs including options for a monolithic primary mirror.
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Harley Thronson, Norman Rioux, Lee Feinberg, H Philip Stahl, Dave Redding, Andrew Jones, James Sturm, Christine Collins, Alice Liu. 2015-08-09. A Future Large-Aperture UVOIR Space Observatory: Reference Designs. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150015951
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