NASA NTRS · 20220001601
Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Engineering Design and Operating Concept
Abstract
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly known as WFIRST) is a flagship astrophysics mission planned for launch in 2025. The coronagraph instrument (CGI) on Roman will demonstrate the technology for direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanets around nearby stars. It will work with the obscured 2.4 meter diameter telescope and demonstrate starlight suppression that is up to 3 orders of magnitude deeper than the preceding space-based and ground-based coronagraphs by using active wavefront control in space with deformable mirrors. CGI has passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR) in September 2019 and is working toward the instrument Critical Design Review (CDR) in the spring of 2021. We will describe the flow down of key and driving CGI requirements from high level performance to the instrument hardware and software, current instrument configuration and engineering design, operational concept planned for CGI observations, integrated modeling status, and performance predictions.
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Tanga, Hong, Steevesa, John, Shreckengosta, Belinda, Shia, Fang, Seoa, Byoung-Joon, Riggsa, A.J., Nematic, Bijan, Mulierea, David, Moka, Fai, Krist, John, Kerna, Brian, Kempenaara, Joshua, Morrissey, Patrick, Groff, Tyler, Goulliouda, Renaud, Fathpoura, Nanaz, Creagera, Brandon, Colavitaa, Mark, Cady, Eric, Basingera, Scott, Baileya, Vanessa, Frerkinga, Margaret, Zhao, Feng, Luchika, Thomas, Poberezhskiya, Ilya. 2020-12-14. Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Engineering Design and Operating Concept. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220001601
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