SALTUS Probe Class Space Mission: Enabled by 20-m Inflatable Mirror

Daewook Kim; Jonathan W. Arenberg; Yuzuru Takashima; Art Palisoc; Christopher Walker

SALTUS Probe Class Space Mission: Enabled by 20-m Inflatable Mirror

Daewook Kim, Jonathan W. Arenberg, Yuzuru Takashima, Art Palisoc, Christopher Walker

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Abstract

SALTUS (Single Aperture Large Telescope for Universe Studies) is a mid/far-infrared telescope concept utilizing a 20-m scale inflatable mirror antenna. The light-weight mirror utilizes a membrane architecture that has been developed and characterized specifically for space-based applications. The telescope's end-to-end optical design and optimization process unleashes the unprecedented photon collecting power of a large space aperture. A series of inflatable mirror prototypes have been designed, manufactured, and tested. These tests confirmed the optical performance of the apertures under space-like conditions. This paradigm changing approach will allow the realization of a new generation of space telescopes far larger than can be achieved utilizing conventional technologies.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CLEO
Subtitle of host publication	Applications and Technology, A and T 2022
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781957171050
State	Published - 2022
Event	CLEO: Applications and Technology, A and T 2022 - Duration: Jan 1 2022 → …

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

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Conference	CLEO: Applications and Technology, A and T 2022
Period	1/1/22 → …

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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