Top-level design consideration of on-orbit assembling space telescope technology: a solution to next generation 10m-class large aperture space telescope

Boqian Xu; Shuaihui Wang; Chunyue Zhang; Yan Gao; Guohao Ju

doi:10.1117/12.2656691

9 January 2023 Top-level design consideration of on-orbit assembling space telescope technology: a solution to next generation 10m-class large aperture space telescope

Boqian Xu, Shuaihui Wang, Chunyue Zhang, Yan Gao, Guohao Ju

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Proceedings Volume 12507, Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies and Applications 2022; and 2nd International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing (AOMTA and YSAOM 2022); 125072S (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2656691
Event: 2nd International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing (AOMTA and YSAOM 2022), 2022, Changchun, China

Abstract

On-orbit Assembling Space Telescope (OAST) technology, which was firstly presented by NASA around early 2000s, is one of the most feasible paths to the implement of 10m-class aperture large scale space telescope. Unlike traditional monolithic aperture telescope (like HST) or deployable space telescope (like JWST), OAST is modularly designed, modularly manufactured and modularly launched, the telescope modules are assembled and co-phased to diffraction limit in spatial environment. Considering the development of OAST involves multiple interfaces and new subsystems, on-orbit assembling and aligning procedure, the top-level design methods and considerations are quite different from monolithic space telescopes. this article introduces and discusses several op-level design consideration including optical and mechanical structure, on-orbit assembling and aligning method, and on-orbit testbed developing method.

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Boqian Xu, Shuaihui Wang, Chunyue Zhang, Yan Gao, and Guohao Ju "Top-level design consideration of on-orbit assembling space telescope technology: a solution to next generation 10m-class large aperture space telescope", Proc. SPIE 12507, Advanced Optical Manufacturing Technologies and Applications 2022; and 2nd International Forum of Young Scientists on Advanced Optical Manufacturing (AOMTA and YSAOM 2022), 125072S (9 January 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2656691

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