James Webb Space Telescope optical telescope element mirror development history and results | Zendy

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James Webb Space Telescope optical telescope element mirror development history and results

Author(s) -

Lee Feinberg,

Mark Clampin,

Ritva Keski-Kuha,

Charlie Atkinson,

S. Texter,

Mark Bergeland,

Benjamin Gallagher

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.924271

Subject(s) - james webb space telescope , telescope , spitzer space telescope , primary mirror , beryllium , optics , physics , optical telescope , computer science , space (punctuation) , active optics , key (lock) , astronomy , computer security , nuclear physics , operating system

In a little under a decade, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) program has designed, manufactured, assembled and tested 21 flight beryllium mirrors for the James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope Element. This paper will summarize the mirror development history starting with the selection of beryllium as the mirror material and ending with the final test results. It will provide an overview of the technological roadmap and schedules and the key challenges that were overcome. It will also provide a summary of the key tests that were performed and the results of these tests.

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