The structural design and thermo-mechanical performance of the FXT for the EP mission

被引:13
作者
Wang, Juan [1 ]
Eder, Josef [3 ]
Ma, Jia [1 ]
Yang, YanJi [1 ]
Cui, WeiWei [1 ]
Yang, XiongTao [1 ]
Duan, XuLiang [2 ]
Feng, JianChao [2 ]
Zhang, XiaoFeng [2 ]
Lu, Bing [1 ]
Lv, He [1 ]
Sun, WenXin [1 ]
Lu, FangJun [1 ]
Han, DaWei [1 ]
Wang, YuSa [1 ]
Chen, Tianxiang [1 ]
Zhang, Qian [1 ]
Bi, Xiyan [1 ]
Li, DongTai [1 ]
Zhang, JiaWei [1 ]
Friedrich, Peter [3 ]
Hartmann, Katinka [3 ]
Keereman, Arnoud [4 ]
Santovincenzo, Andrea [4 ]
Vernani, Dervis [5 ]
Bianucci, Giovanni [5 ]
Valsecchi, Giuseppe [5 ]
Tang, QingJun [6 ]
Chen, HouLei [6 ]
Chen, Yong [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Innovat Acad Microsatellites, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[3] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, Giessenbachstr 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[4] ESTEC, European Space Agcy, Keplerlaan 1, NL--2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
[5] Media Lario Srl, Local Pascolo, I-23842 Bosisio Parini, LC, Italy
[6] Chinese Acad Sci, Tech Inst Phys & Chem, Beijing, Peoples R China
关键词
EP; FXT; Mirror assembly; X-ray baffle; PNCCD; Acoustic test; The upper composite; The lower composite; EROSITA;
D O I
10.1007/s10686-023-09889-6
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The Follow-up X-ray Telescope (FXT) is one of the key payloads onboard EP. It is a Wolter-I type X-ray focusing telescope equipped with two telescope modules (focal length 1.6 m), with a total effective area of similar to 600 cm(2) at 1.25 keV and an energy range of 0.3-10 keV. FXT is mainly composed of an X-ray focusing mirror assembly (MA) and a camera assembly with a PNCCD detector module. The two FXT modules are completely independent from each other, thus avoiding a single point failure. We completed the internal composites of FXT structural design, which meets the function and performance requirements of mechanical, thermal, contamination control and X-ray optics. The FXT passed successfully the mechanical, thermal qualification level tests on the spacecraft platform in the phase C.
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页码:639 / 659
页数:21
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