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The Origins Space Telescope: Mission Concept OverviewThe Origins Space Telescope (OST) will trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life. How did the universe evolve in response to its changing ingredients? How common are life-bearing planets? To accomplish its scientific objectives, OST will operate at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths and offer superlative sensitivity and new spectroscopic capabilities. The OST study team will present a scientifically compelling, executable mission concept to the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astrophysics. To understand the concept solution space, our team studied two alternative mission concepts. We report on the study approach and describe both of these concepts, give the rationale for major design decisions, and briefly describe the mission-enabling technology.
Document ID
20180007793
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
doi:10.1117/12.2313823
Authors
Leisawitz, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Amatucci, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Carter, R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
DiPirro, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Flores, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Staguhn, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wu, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Allen, L. (Harris Corp. Melbourne, FL, United States)
Arenberg, J. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Armus, L. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, United States)
Battersby, C. (Connecticut Univ. Storrs, CT, United States)
Bauer, J. (Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Bell, R. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Beltran, P. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Benford, D. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Bergin, E. (Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Bradford, C. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bradley, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Burgarella, D. (Laboratoire d' Astrophysique de Marseille Marseille, France)
Carey, S. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, United States)
Chi, D. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Cooray, A. (California Univ. Irvine, CA, United States)
Corsetti, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Beck, E. De (Chalmers University of Technology Goeteborg, Sweden)
Denis, K. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Dewell, L. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
East, M. (Harris Corp. Melbourne, FL, United States)
Edgington, S. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Ennico, K. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Fantano, L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Feller, G. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Folta, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Fortney, J. (California Univ. Santa Cruz, CA, United States)
Generie, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gerin, M. (Sorbonne University Paris, France)
Granger, Z. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Harpole, G. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Harvey, K. (Harris Corp. Melbourne, FL, United States)
Helmich, F. (SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Utrecht, Netherlands)
Hilliard, L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Howard, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Jacoby, M. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Jamil, A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kataria, T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Knight, S. (Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Boulder, CO, United States)
Knollenberg, P. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Lightsey, P. (Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Boulder, CO, United States)
Lipscy, S. (Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Boulder, CO, United States)
Mamajek, E. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Martins, G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Meixner, M. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Melnick, G. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Milam, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mooney, T. (Harris Corp. Melbourne, FL, United States)
Moseley, S. H. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Narayanan, D. (Florida Univ. Gainesville, FL, United States)
Neff, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Nguyen, T. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Nordt, A. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Olson, J. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Padgett, D. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Petach, M. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Petro, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Pohner, J. (Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Pontoppidan, K. (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Pope, A. (Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Ramspacher, D. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Roellig, T. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Sakon, I. (Tokyo Univ. Tokyo, Japan)
Sandin, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Sandstrom, K. (California Univ. San Diego, CA, United States)
Scott, D. (British Columbia Univ. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Sheth, K. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Steeves, J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stevenson, K. (Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD, United States)
Stokowski, L. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Stoneking, E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Su, K. (Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Tajdaran, K. (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Palo Alto, CA, United States)
Tompkins, S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Vieira, J. (Illinois Univ. Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States)
Webster, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wiedner, M. (Sorbonne University Paris, France)
Wright, E. L. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Zmuidzinas, J. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
November 20, 2018
Publication Date
July 24, 2018
Publication Information
Publication: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Publisher: SPIE
Volume: 10698
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN60485
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN60485
Meeting Information
Meeting: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation
Location: Austin, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: June 10, 2018
End Date: June 15, 2018
Sponsors: International Society for Optical Engineering
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