Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

Ivo Ferreira; Marcos Bavdaz; Mark Ayre; Eric Wille; Brian Shortt; Sebastiaan Fransen; Maximilien Collon; Giuseppe Vacanti; Nicolas Barrière; Boris Landgraf; Mark Olde Riekerink; Jeroen Haneveld; Ronald Start; Coen van Baren; Desiree Della Monica Ferreira; Sonny Massahi; Sara Svendsen; Finn Christensen; Michael Krumrey; Dieter Skroblin; Vadim Burwitz; Giovanni Pareschi; Gianpiero Tagliaferri; Bianca Salmaso; Stefano Basso; Alberto Moretti; Daniele Spiga; Giuseppe Valsecchi; Dervis Vernani; Paul Lupton; William Mundon; Gavin Phillips; Jakob Schneider; Tapio Korhonen; Alejandro Sanchez; Dominique Heinis; Carles Colldelram; Massimiliano Tordi; Richard Willingale

doi:10.1117/12.2688840

12 July 2023 Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope

Ivo Ferreira, Marcos Bavdaz, Mark Ayre, Eric Wille, Brian Shortt, Sebastiaan Fransen, Maximilien Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Nicolas Barrière, Boris Landgraf, Mark Olde Riekerink, Jeroen Haneveld, Ronald Start, Coen van Baren, Desiree Della Monica Ferreira, Sonny Massahi, Sara Svendsen, Finn Christensen, Michael Krumrey, Dieter Skroblin, Vadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Bianca Salmaso, Stefano Basso, Alberto Moretti, Daniele Spiga, Giuseppe Valsecchi, Dervis Vernani, Paul Lupton, William Mundon, Gavin Phillips, Jakob Schneider, Tapio Korhonen, Alejandro Sanchez, Dominique Heinis, Carles Colldelram, Massimiliano Tordi, Richard Willingale

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Proceedings Volume 12777, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022; 127770Q (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688840
Event: International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Abstract

The ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High ENergy Astrophysics) mission is the current 2nd ‘Large’ mission (L2) in the ESA Cosmic Vision programme currently. It is currently at Phase B1 but the mission concept will now enter a reformulation phase that will follow a design-to-cost approach. This paper describes the main technologies behind its reference X-ray telescope based on the modular Silicon Pore Optics (SPO) technology. The large X-ray mirror is the mission enabler being specifically developed for ATHENA, in a joint effort by industry, research institutions and ESA. All aspects of the optics are being addressed, from the mirror plates and their coatings to the mirror modules and their assembly into the ATHENA telescope, as well as the facilities required to build and test the flight optics, demonstrating performance, robustness, and programmatic compliance. An overview of the status of the design and demonstration of the telescope is given. The risks that have successfully been mitigated are made explicit and the remaining risks are identified. Additional presentation content can be accessed on the supplemental content page.

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Ivo Ferreira, Marcos Bavdaz, Mark Ayre, Eric Wille, Brian Shortt, Sebastiaan Fransen, Maximilien Collon, Giuseppe Vacanti, Nicolas Barrière, Boris Landgraf, Mark Olde Riekerink, Jeroen Haneveld, Ronald Start, Coen van Baren, Desiree Della Monica Ferreira, Sonny Massahi, Sara Svendsen, Finn Christensen, Michael Krumrey, Dieter Skroblin, Vadim Burwitz, Giovanni Pareschi, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, Bianca Salmaso, Stefano Basso, Alberto Moretti, Daniele Spiga, Giuseppe Valsecchi, Dervis Vernani, Paul Lupton, William Mundon, Gavin Phillips, Jakob Schneider, Tapio Korhonen, Alejandro Sanchez, Dominique Heinis, Carles Colldelram, Massimiliano Tordi, and Richard Willingale "Status of the demonstration of the critical technologies of the ATHENA telescope", Proc. SPIE 12777, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022, 127770Q (12 July 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2688840

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