SOLAR-B Project Team, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS) : Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Department of Solar System Sciences, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)
Department of Solar System Sciences, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)
Department of Solar System Sciences, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
We have been developing a rotating mechanism to rotate a waveplate in the light beam from a space solar telescope to be flown onboard the next solar satellite mission, Solar-C. Because the performance of this telescope is very sensitive to contaminants on the optical surfaces, the rotating mechanism shall have a low outgassing performance. We are currently evaluating its life-duration performance by operating it in a small vacuum chamber to ensure the number of operations required in the mission life. During this test, we also measured the outgassing rate every month. The data from a run in more than 1 year shows that the outgassing rate from the mechanism is kept low. We confirmed this mechanism could be used under stringent conditions for contaminants.
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