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5 September 2017 First-order error budgeting for LUVOIR mission
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Abstract
Future large astronomical telescopes in space will have architectures that will have complex and demanding requirements to meet the science goals. The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) mission concept being assessed by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center is expected to be 9 to 15 meters in diameter, have a segmented primary mirror and be diffraction limited at a wavelength of 500 nanometers. The optical stability is expected to be in the picometer range for minutes to hours. Architecture studies to support the NASA Science and Technology Definition teams (STDTs) are underway to evaluate systems performance improvements to meet the science goals. To help define the technology needs and assess performance, a first order error budget has been developed. Like the JWST error budget, the error budget includes the active, adaptive and passive elements in spatial and temporal domains. JWST performance is scaled using first order approximations where appropriate and includes technical advances in telescope control.
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Paul A. Lightsey, J. Scott Knight, Lee D. Feinberg, Matthew R. Bolcar, and Stuart B. Shaklan "First-order error budgeting for LUVOIR mission", Proc. SPIE 10398, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes and Instruments: Innovative Technologies and Concepts VIII, 103980C (5 September 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2274836
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KEYWORDS
Space telescopes

Optical instrument design

Imaging systems

Astronomical telescopes

Coronagraphy

Diffraction

Mirrors

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