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Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) - Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) StatusThe WFIRST Mission is the next large astrophysical observatory for NASA after the James Webb Space Telescope and is the top priority mission from the 2010 National Academy of Sciences' decadal survey. The WFIRST OTA includes the inherited primary and secondary mirrors with precision metering structures that are to be integrated to new mirror assemblies to provide optical feeds to the two WFIRST science instruments. We present here: (1) the results for the review of the inherited hardware for WFIRST through a thorough technical pedigree process, (2) the status of the effort to establish the capability of the telescope to perform at a cooler operational temperature of 265K, and (3) the status of the work in requirement development for OTA to incorporate the inherited hardware, and (4) the path forward.
Document ID
20180004103
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Smith, J. Scott
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Bartusek, Lisa
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Casey, Tom
(Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) Federal Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Content, David A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cottingham, Christine E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Egerman, Robert
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Marzouk, Joseph
(Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) Federal Beltsville, MD, United States)
Mondello, James
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Patterson, Bonnie J.
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Voyer, Perry G.
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Smith, Dave
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Whitman, Tony L.
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Wilson, Timothy
(Harris Corp. Rochester, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
July 31, 2018
Publication Date
June 10, 2018
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN57338
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
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-02200
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG13CR48C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11FD64C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
telescopes
WFIRST
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