Enabling the Habitable Worlds Observatory: using systems engineering, integrated modeling and technology development to achieve ultra-stable optical systems

Laura E. Coyle

doi:10.1117/12.2686439

5 October 2023 Enabling the Habitable Worlds Observatory: using systems engineering, integrated modeling and technology development to achieve ultra-stable optical systems

Laura E. Coyle

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Proceedings Volume PC12677, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems IV; PC1267702 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2686439
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

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NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will consist of a segmented telescope and high contrast coronagraph to characterize exoplanets for habitability. Achieving this ambitious science goal requires an ultra-stable optical system with wavefront stability on the order of picometers in certain critical modes. This talk will describe the ongoing process to perform systems engineering, integrated modeling, and maturation of key technologies to achieve this level of performance, with a focus on the ultra-stable telescope.

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Laura E. Coyle "Enabling the Habitable Worlds Observatory: using systems engineering, integrated modeling and technology development to achieve ultra-stable optical systems", Proc. SPIE PC12677, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems IV, PC1267702 (5 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2686439

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