System engineering the Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT)

T. Tupper Hyde; David T. Leisawitz; David A. Di Pietro; Stephen A. Rinehart

doi:10.1117/12.735143

20 September 2007 System engineering the Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT)

T. Tupper Hyde, David T. Leisawitz, David A. Di Pietro, Stephen A. Rinehart

Proceedings Volume 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III; 66870A (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735143
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

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.

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T. Tupper Hyde, David T. Leisawitz, David A. Di Pietro, and Stephen A. Rinehart "System engineering the Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT)", Proc. SPIE 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III, 66870A (20 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.735143

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