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creators_name: Pace, Emanuele
creators_name: Adler Abreu, Manuel
creators_name: Alonso, Gustavo
creators_name: Barroqueiro, Bruno
creators_name: Bocchieri, Andrea
creators_name: Brienza, Daniele
creators_name: Brucalassi, Anna
creators_name: Chioetto, Paolo
creators_name: Compostizo, Carlos
creators_name: Cortecchia, Fausto
creators_name: D'Anca, Fabio
creators_name: Del Vecchio, Ciro
creators_name: Diolaiti, emiliano
creators_name: Eccleston, Paul
creators_name: Fahmy, Salma
creators_name: Fernandes, José
creators_name: Fernandez Soler, Alejandro
creators_name: Ferruzzi, Debora
creators_name: Focardi, Mauro
creators_name: Freitas, Sara
creators_name: Galy, Camille
creators_name: Garcia Moreno, Laura
creators_name: Garcia Perez, Andres
creators_name: Gottini, Daniele
creators_name: Guerriero, Elisa
creators_name: Halain, Jean-Philippe
creators_name: Hellin, Marie-Laure
creators_name: Jollet, Delphine
creators_name: Lilli, Riccardo
creators_name: Malaguti, Giuseppe
creators_name: Martì, Laura
creators_name: Mazzoli, Alexandra
creators_name: Micela, Giuseppina
creators_name: Morgante, Gianluca
creators_name: Naponiello, Luca
creators_name: Noce, Vladimiro
creators_name: Pascale, Enzo
creators_name: Perez Alvarez, Javier
creators_name: Piazzolla, Raffaele
creators_name: Picchi, Paolo
creators_name: Preti, Giampaolo
creators_name: Roose, Stephane
creators_name: Salatti, Mario
creators_name: Salvignol, Jean-Christophe
creators_name: Scippa, Antonio
creators_name: Serre, Christophe
creators_name: Terenzi, Luca
creators_name: Tinetti, Giovanna
creators_name: Di Vignano, Elisabetta Tommasi
creators_name: Tozzi, Andrea
creators_name: Vandenbussche, Bart
creators_name: Zuppella, Paola
title: The telescope assembly of the Ariel space mission: an updated overview
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F60
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abstract: Ariel (Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large Survey) is the adopted M4 mission in the framework of the ESA “Cosmic Vision” program. Its purpose is to survey the atmospheres of known exoplanets through transit spectroscopy. The launch is scheduled for 2029. The scientific payload consists of an off-axis, unobscured Cassegrain telescope feeding a set of photometers and spectrometers in the waveband 0.5-7.8 µm and operating at cryogenic temperatures (55 K). The Telescope Assembly is based on an innovative fully aluminium design to tolerate thermal variations to avoid impacts on the optical performance; it consists of a primary parabolic mirror with an elliptical aperture of 1.1 m (the major axis), followed by a hyperbolic secondary that is mounted on a refocusing system, a parabolic re-collimating tertiary and a flat folding mirror directing the output beam parallel to the optical bench. An innovative mounting system based on 3 flexure hinges supports the primary mirror on one of the optical bench sides. The instrument bay on the other side of the optical bench houses the Ariel IR Spectrometer (AIRS) and the Fine Guidance System / NIR Spectrometer (FGS/NIRSpec). The Telescope Assembly is in phase B2 towards the Critical Design Review; the fabrication of the structural and engineering models has started; some components, i.e., the primary mirror and its mounting system are undergoing further qualification activities. This paper aims to update the scientific community on the progress concerning the development, manufacturing and qualification activity of the ARIEL Telescope Assembly.
date: 2024-08-23
date_type: published
publisher: SPIE
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3018735
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 2323475
doi: 10.1117/12.3018735
lyricists_name: Tinetti, Giovanna
lyricists_id: GTINE95
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
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publication: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
volume: 13092
place_of_pub: Bellingham, WA,  USA
pagerange: 130921C
event_title: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2024
event_dates: 16 Jun 2024 - 22 Jun 2024
book_title: Proceedings of SPIE: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
editors_name: Coyle, Laura E
editors_name: Matsuura, Shuji
editors_name: Perrin, Marshall D
citation:        Pace, Emanuele;    Adler Abreu, Manuel;    Alonso, Gustavo;    Barroqueiro, Bruno;    Bocchieri, Andrea;    Brienza, Daniele;    Brucalassi, Anna;                                                                                                                                                                                     ... Zuppella, Paola; + view all <#>        Pace, Emanuele;  Adler Abreu, Manuel;  Alonso, Gustavo;  Barroqueiro, Bruno;  Bocchieri, Andrea;  Brienza, Daniele;  Brucalassi, Anna;  Chioetto, Paolo;  Compostizo, Carlos;  Cortecchia, Fausto;  D'Anca, Fabio;  Del Vecchio, Ciro;  Diolaiti, emiliano;  Eccleston, Paul;  Fahmy, Salma;  Fernandes, José;  Fernandez Soler, Alejandro;  Ferruzzi, Debora;  Focardi, Mauro;  Freitas, Sara;  Galy, Camille;  Garcia Moreno, Laura;  Garcia Perez, Andres;  Gottini, Daniele;  Guerriero, Elisa;  Halain, Jean-Philippe;  Hellin, Marie-Laure;  Jollet, Delphine;  Lilli, Riccardo;  Malaguti, Giuseppe;  Martì, Laura;  Mazzoli, Alexandra;  Micela, Giuseppina;  Morgante, Gianluca;  Naponiello, Luca;  Noce, Vladimiro;  Pascale, Enzo;  Perez Alvarez, Javier;  Piazzolla, Raffaele;  Picchi, Paolo;  Preti, Giampaolo;  Roose, Stephane;  Salatti, Mario;  Salvignol, Jean-Christophe;  Scippa, Antonio;  Serre, Christophe;  Terenzi, Luca;  Tinetti, Giovanna;  Di Vignano, Elisabetta Tommasi;  Tozzi, Andrea;  Vandenbussche, Bart;  Zuppella, Paola;   - view fewer <#>    (2024)    The telescope assembly of the Ariel space mission: an updated overview.                     In: Coyle, Laura E and Matsuura, Shuji and Perrin, Marshall D, (eds.) Proceedings of SPIE: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave.  (pp. 130921C).  SPIE: Bellingham, WA, USA.       Green open access   
 
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