Laboratory demonstration of a primary active mirror for space with the LATT: large aperture telescope technology

Runa Briguglio; Roberto Biasi; Daniele Gallieni; Christian Vettore; Francesco d'Amato; Marco Xompero; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Franco Lisi; Armando Riccardi; Christian Patauner; Paolo Lazzarini; Matteo Tintori; Fabrizio Duò; Mauro Pucci; Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi; Luca Maresi

doi:10.1117/12.2231726

29 July 2016 Laboratory demonstration of a primary active mirror for space with the LATT: large aperture telescope technology

Runa Briguglio, Roberto Biasi, Daniele Gallieni, Christian Vettore, Francesco d'Amato, Marco Xompero, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Christian Patauner, Paolo Lazzarini, Matteo Tintori, Fabrizio Duò, Mauro Pucci, Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, Luca Maresi

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Proceedings Volume 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 99046C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231726
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The LATT project is an ESA contract under TRP programme to demonstrate the scalability of the technology from ground-based adaptive mirrors to space active primary mirrors. A prototype spherical mirror based on a 40 cm diameter 1 mm thin glass shell with 19 contactless, voice-coil actuators and co-located position sensors have been manufactured and integrated into a final unit with an areal density lower than 20 kg/m2. Laboratory tests demonstrated the controllability with very low power budget and the survival of the fragile glass shell exposed to launch accelerations, thanks to an electrostatic locking mechanism; such achievements pushes the technology readiness level toward 5. With this prototype, the LATT project explored the feasibility of using an active and lightweight primary for space telescopes. The concept is attractive for large segmented telescopes, with surface active control to shape and co-phase them once in flight. In this paper we will describe the findings of the technological advances and the results of the environmental and optical tests.

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Runa Briguglio, Roberto Biasi, Daniele Gallieni, Christian Vettore, Francesco d'Amato, Marco Xompero, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Franco Lisi, Armando Riccardi, Christian Patauner, Paolo Lazzarini, Matteo Tintori, Fabrizio Duò, Mauro Pucci, Alessandro Zuccaro Marchi, and Luca Maresi "Laboratory demonstration of a primary active mirror for space with the LATT: large aperture telescope technology", Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 99046C (29 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231726

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