Polymer coating-based contaminant control/elimination for NASA's Exo-S starshade probe and space telescopes (Conference Presentation)

James P. Hamilton; Kyle P Horne; Mark E Levenstein; Brandon Robinson; Alana Wakefield; Katie Lameyer; Austin Rickertsen; Madison Meuth; Noah Milder; Adam Wildman; Mary Ellen Moran; Ethan Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.2646368

3 October 2022 Polymer coating-based contaminant control/elimination for NASA's Exo-S starshade probe and space telescopes (Conference Presentation)

James P. Hamilton, Kyle P Horne, Mark E Levenstein, Brandon Robinson, Alana Wakefield, Katie Lameyer, Austin Rickertsen, Madison Meuth, Noah Milder, Adam Wildman, Mary Ellen Moran, Ethan Taylor

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Proceedings Volume 12221, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV; 1222106 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646368
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2022, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

NASA's Exo-S Starshade Mission plans to spectroscopically characterize exo-Earths orbiting stars in their "Goldilocks Zone" using an occulter (the "Starshade") to suppress starlight by 10^10. LUVOIR, HabEx and other missions may also depend on starshades. Other missions, such as LISA, critically depend on complete elimination of light scatter, as does the terrestrial LIGO. We report data on a family of novel, peelable, low-adhesion, residueless polymer coatings to clean and protect Starshade edges and other surfaces of importance to NASA, with uses ranging from fabrication to integration and testing to launch.

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James P. Hamilton, Kyle P Horne, Mark E Levenstein, Brandon Robinson, Alana Wakefield, Katie Lameyer, Austin Rickertsen, Madison Meuth, Noah Milder, Adam Wildman, Mary Ellen Moran, and Ethan Taylor "Polymer coating-based contaminant control/elimination for NASA's Exo-S starshade probe and space telescopes (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 12221, Optical Manufacturing and Testing XIV, 1222106 (3 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2646368

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