linear motion mechanism, reliability, space-borne telescopes, Solar-C
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Development of Linear Motion Mechanism for High-Precision Space Telescopes: Performance Assessment with a Large Number of Operations in Vacuum Environments
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
Department of Solar System Sciences, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)
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)
Mitsubishi Precision Company, Limited
Mitsubishi Precision Company, Limited
Department of Solar System Sciences, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)(ISAS)
Large-aperture space telescopes for high-precision astronomical measurements with high spatial resolution performance may require a linear motion mechanism for optimizing the focus of images on their focal plane detectors. The solar UV-Visible-near IR telescope (SUVIT) for the next generation solar observing mission (Solar-C) currently under feasibility study requires focus adjusting mechanisms for each of its focal plane instruments. For achieving 0.1 arcsec or better spatial resolution with about 1.4 m diameter aperture of the telescope, we have been newly developing a linear motion mechanism, called the focus mechanism assembly (FMA). High reliability performance with a large number of operations is required for the FMA as one of the mission critical components in the telescope, and the verification of the performance at the early phase of the mission development is essential for defining the telescope system design. With developing a proto-type mechanism, we tested the performance under vacuum environments and confirmed over 1x105 cycles of the back-and-forth motion in two different strokes. The confirmed number of operations is at least 5 times larger than the number of operations assumed on orbit.
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