Optical design of the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph for the Cassini mission to Saturn

Computer Science – Performance

Scientific paper

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

1

Cassini Mission, Optical Properties, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Spectrographs, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Design Analysis, Imaging Spectrometers

Scientific paper

When the Cassini spacecraft arrives at Saturn early in the next century it will carry an Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS). Observations made with the UVIS will support a broad set of scientific investigations including spectroscopy, imaging, and occultations. The UVIS consists of three spectroscopic channels covering the wavelength ranges 55-115 nm, 115-190 nm, and 160-320 nm. Each channel has an off-axis parabolic telescope followed by a toroidal grating spectrograph and an imaging microchannel plate-CODACON detector. The UVIS configuration was selected as a balanced solution to a large number of engineering and scientific constraints. We describe these constraints, the optical design, and the anticipated performance of the instrument.

No associations

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for scientists and scientific papers. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Optical design of the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph for the Cassini mission to Saturn does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Optical design of the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph for the Cassini mission to Saturn, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Optical design of the Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph for the Cassini mission to Saturn will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1524632

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.