Development of Space Infrared Telescope for the SPICA mission

被引：22

作者：

Kaneda, H ^{[1
]}

Nakagawa, T ^{[1
]}

Onaka, T ^{[1
]}

Matsumoto, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan

来源：

OPTICAL, INFRARED, AND MILLIMETER SPACE TELESCOPES, PTS 1-3 | 2004年 / 5487卷

关键词：

Infrared Space Telescope; cryogenic telescope; lightweight mirror; large-scale mirror;

D O I：

10.1117/12.551026

中图分类号：

V [航空、航天];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0825 ;

摘要：

The SPICA (Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics), which is a Japanese astronomical infrared satellite project with a 3.5-m telescope, is scheduled for launch in early 2010s. The telescope is cooled down to 4.5 K in space by a combination of mechanical coolers with an efficient radiative cooling system. The SPICA telescope has requirements for its total weight to be lighter than 700 kg and for the imaging performance to be diffraction-limited at 5 mum at 4.5 K. Two candidate materials, silicon carbide (SiC) and carbon-fiber-reinforced SiC (C/SiC composite), are currently under investigation for the primary mirror. A monolithic mirror design will be adopted in both cases because of the technical feasibility and reliability. This paper reports the current design and status of the SPICA telescope together with some of our recent results on laboratory cryogenic tests for the SiC and C/SiC composite mirrors.

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页码：991 / 1000

页数：10

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