This slide presentation proposes using the unprecedented capability of the planned Ares V launch vehicle, to place a 8 meter monolithic space telescope at the Earth-Sun L2 point. This new capability enables a new design pardigm -- simplicity. The six to eight meter class telescope with a massive high Technical Readiness Level ground observatory class monolithic primary mirror has been determined feasible. The proposed design, structural analysis, spacecraft design and shroud integration, thermal analysis, propulsion system, guidance navigation and pointing control assumptions about the avionics, and power systems, operational lifetime, and the idea of in-space servicing are reviewed.


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    Title :

    8-Meter UV/Optical Space Telescope


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Annual Mirror Technology Days in the Government ; 2008 ; Albuquerque, NM, United States
    International Astronautical Congress ; 2008 ; Scotland, United Kingdom


    Publication date :

    2008-09-29


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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