SIRTF prototype telescope

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Oct 1999

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Proc. SPIE Vol. 3785, p. 48-55, Advanced Telescope Design, Fabrication, and Control, William Roybal; Ed.

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This paper reports the results of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) prototype telescope build conducted by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation. The components for the SIRTF prototype telescope were designed and built under NASA's Infrared Telescope Technology Testbed program; the build and subsequent test activities were conducted under NASA's SIRTF/CTA flight program. The flight mission of the telescope will be astronomical observations in the infrared spectrum, 3.5 micrometers to 180 micrometers . To facilitate these observations the telescope will be cooled to 5.5 Kelvin and placed in a solar orbit aboard the SIRTF spacecraft. The prototype was built to verify the structural and cryogenic performance of the telescope.

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