We report on completion of the SAFIR Vision Mission study, as organized by the NASA Science Mission Directorate. This study resulted in a focused baseline design for this large aperture space observatory that capitalizes on architectures being actively developed for JWST and other missions. Special opportunities for achieving thermal performance of this <10K telescope are reviewed, as well as efforts to understand capabilities and needs for focal plane instrument and I&T on this large (10m-class) telescope.
Science Promise and Conceptual Mission Design for SAFIR - the Single Aperture Far Infrared Observatory
Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation ; 2006 ; Orlando, FL, United States
2006-05-24
Preprint
Keine Angabe
Englisch
far infrared , telescopes , SAFIR , Astronomy
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