JWST telescope integration and test status

Gary Matthews; Thomas Scorse; Scott Kennard; John Spina; Tony Whitman; Scott Texter; Charles Atkinson; Greg Young; Ritva Keski-Kuha; James Marsh; Juli Lander; Lee Feinberg

doi:10.1117/12.2055286

2 August 2014 JWST telescope integration and test status

Gary Matthews, Thomas Scorse, Scott Kennard, John Spina, Tony Whitman, Scott Texter, Charles Atkinson, Greg Young, Ritva Keski-Kuha, James Marsh, Juli Lander, Lee Feinberg

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Proceedings Volume 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 914305 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055286
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a 6.5m, segmented, IR telescope that will explore the first light of the universe after the big bang. 2014 is an incredible year for the Telescope Alignment, Integration, and Test portion of the program. Long awaited and planned, the two segment Pathfinder telescope will be built and the Optical Ground Support Equipment (OGSE) will be integrated into the large cryo-vacuum chamber at the Johnson Spaceflight Center. The current status of the integration equipment and the demonstrations leading up to the flight-like Pathfinder telescope will be provided as the first step to the final verification of the complex cryo test equipment. The plans and status of bringing the OGSE on-line and ready for a series of risk reduction cryo tests starting in 2015 on the Pathfinder Telescope will also be presented.

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Gary Matthews, Thomas Scorse, Scott Kennard, John Spina, Tony Whitman, Scott Texter, Charles Atkinson, Greg Young, Ritva Keski-Kuha, James Marsh, Juli Lander, and Lee Feinberg "JWST telescope integration and test status", Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 914305 (2 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055286

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