The extreme UV imager of solar orbiter: from detailed design to flight model

J.-P. Halain; P. Rochus; E. Renotte; F. Auchère; D. Berghmans; L. Harra; U. Schühle; W. Schmutz; A. Zhukov; R. Aznar Cuadrado; F. Delmotte; C. Dumesnil; M. Gyo; T. Kennedy; R. Mercier; F. Verbeeck; M. Thome; K. Heerlein; A. Hermans; L. Jacques; A. Mazzoli; S. Meining; L. Rossi; J. Tandy; P. Smith; B. Winter

doi:10.1117/12.2055207

24 July 2014 The extreme UV imager of solar orbiter: from detailed design to flight model

J.-P. Halain, P. Rochus, E. Renotte, F. Auchère, D. Berghmans, L. Harra, U. Schühle, W. Schmutz, A. Zhukov, R. Aznar Cuadrado, F. Delmotte, C. Dumesnil, M. Gyo, T. Kennedy, R. Mercier, F. Verbeeck, M. Thome, K. Heerlein, A. Hermans, L. Jacques, A. Mazzoli, S. Meining, L. Rossi, J. Tandy, P. Smith, B. Winter

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Proceedings Volume 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 914408 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055207
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on-board the Solar Orbiter mission will provide full-sun and high-resolution image sequences of the solar atmosphere at selected spectral emission lines in the extreme and vacuum ultraviolet. After the breadboarding and prototyping activities that focused on key technologies, the EUI project has completed the design phase and has started the final manufacturing of the instrument and its validation. The EUI instrument has successfully passed its Critical Design Review (CDR). The process validated the detailed design of the Optical Bench unit and of its sub-units (entrance baffles, doors, mirrors, camera, and filter wheel mechanisms), and of the Electronic Box unit. In the same timeframe, the Structural and Thermal Model (STM) test campaign of the two units have been achieved, and allowed to correlate the associated mathematical models. The lessons learned from STM and the detailed design served as input to release the manufacturing of the Qualification Model (QM) and of the Flight Model (FM). The QM will serve to qualify the instrument units and sub-units, in advance of the FM acceptance tests and final on-ground calibration.

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J.-P. Halain, P. Rochus, E. Renotte, F. Auchère, D. Berghmans, L. Harra, U. Schühle, W. Schmutz, A. Zhukov, R. Aznar Cuadrado, F. Delmotte, C. Dumesnil, M. Gyo, T. Kennedy, R. Mercier, F. Verbeeck, M. Thome, K. Heerlein, A. Hermans, L. Jacques, A. Mazzoli, S. Meining, L. Rossi, J. Tandy, P. Smith, and B. Winter "The extreme UV imager of solar orbiter: from detailed design to flight model", Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 914408 (24 July 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055207

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