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System engineering the space infrared interferometric telescope (spirit)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hyde, Tristram T. Leisawitz, David T. Rinehart, Stephen |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | The Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) was designed to accomplish three scientific objectives: (1) learn how planetary systems form from protostellar disks and how they acquire their inhomogeneous chemical composition; (2) characterize the family of extrasolar planetary systems by imaging the structure in debris disks to understand how and where planets of different types form; and (3) learn how high-redshift galaxies formed and merged to form the present-day population of galaxies. SPIRIT will accomplish these objectives through infrared observations with a two aperture interferometric instrument. This paper gives an overview of SPIRIT design and operation, and how the three design cycle concept study was completed. The error budget for several key performance values allocates tolerances to all contributing factors, and a performance model of the spacecraft plus instrument system demonstrates meeting those allocations with margin. |
| File Size | 505585 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20070034990 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7mq00x6j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-08-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astrophysics Red Shift Spacecraft Instruments Systems Engineering Performance Prediction Spaceborne Telescopes Infrared Astronomy Protostars Planetary Systems Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |