Mirrors design, analysis and manufacturing of the 550mm Korsch telescope experimental model

Po-Hsuan Huang; Yi-Kai Huang; Jer Ling

doi:10.1117/12.2273473

23 August 2017 Mirrors design, analysis and manufacturing of the 550mm Korsch telescope experimental model

Po-Hsuan Huang, Yi-Kai Huang, Jer Ling

Proceedings Volume 10371, Optomechanical Engineering 2017; 103710S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273473
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In 2015, NSPO (National Space Organization) began to develop the sub-meter resolution optical remote sensing instrument of the next generation optical remote sensing satellite which follow-on to FORMOSAT-5. Upgraded from the Ritchey–Chrétien Cassegrain telescope optical system of FORMOSAT-5, the experimental optical system of the advanced optical remote sensing instrument was enhanced to an off-axis Korsch telescope optical system which consists of five mirrors. It contains: (1) M1: 550mm diameter aperture primary mirror, (2) M2: secondary mirror, (3) M3: off-axis tertiary mirror, (4) FM1 and FM2: two folding flat mirrors, for purpose of limiting the overall volume, reducing the mass, and providing a long focal length and excellent optical performance. By the end of 2015, we implemented several important techniques including optical system design, opto-mechanical design, FEM and multi-physics analysis and optimization system in order to do a preliminary study and begin to develop and design these large-size lightweight aspheric mirrors and flat mirrors. The lightweight mirror design and opto-mechanical interface design were completed in August 2016. We then manufactured and polished these experimental model mirrors in Taiwan; all five mirrors ware completed as spherical surfaces by the end of 2016. Aspheric figuring, assembling tests and optical alignment verification of these mirrors will be done with a Korsch telescope experimental structure model in 2018.

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Po-Hsuan Huang, Yi-Kai Huang, and Jer Ling "Mirrors design, analysis and manufacturing of the 550mm Korsch telescope experimental model", Proc. SPIE 10371, Optomechanical Engineering 2017, 103710S (23 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2273473

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