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Science Promise and Conceptual Mission Design for SAFIR - the Single Aperture Far Infrared ObservatoryWe report on completion of the SAFIR Vision Mission study, as organized by the NASA Science Mission Directorate. This study resulted in a focused baseline design for this large aperture space observatory that capitalizes on architectures being actively developed for JWST and other missions. Special opportunities for achieving thermal performance of this <10K telescope are reviewed, as well as efforts to understand capabilities and needs for focal plane instrument and I&T on this large (10m-class) telescope.
Document ID
20080013265
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Lester, Dan
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX, United States)
Benford, Dominic
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Yorke, Harold W.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bradford, Charles. M.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Parrish, Keith
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Stahl, H.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 24, 2006
Subject Category
Astronomy
Meeting Information
Meeting: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: May 24, 2006
End Date: May 30, 2006
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
telescopes
SAFIR
far infrared

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