NASA NTRS · 20190032600
Predictive Thermal Control (PTC) Technology to Enable Thermally Stable Telescopes: First Two Year Status
Abstract
Exoplanet science mission concepts require ultra-stable telescopes for multiple hours exposures. Predictive Thermal Control Study (PTCS) matures technology to enable active thermal controlled telescopes required to make ultra-high contrast observations of exoplanets. PTCS' goal is to develop an active thermal control technology that can keep mirrors at a constant temperature (< 10 mK) regardless of where the telescope points on the sky.
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Stahl, H. Philip, Effinger, Michael, Brooks, Thomas, Kuan, Gary. 2019-11-05. Predictive Thermal Control (PTC) Technology to Enable Thermally Stable Telescopes: First Two Year Status. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20190032600
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