Thermal design of the TAUVEX astronomical space telescope

Avigdor Blasberger; Moshe Levi

doi:10.1117/12.156617

16 September 1993 Thermal design of the TAUVEX astronomical space telescope

Avigdor Blasberger, Moshe Levi

Proceedings Volume 1998, Optomechanical Design; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.156617
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

TAUVEX (Tel Aviv Ultra Violet EXplorer) is an astronomical telescope designed and built by EL-OP in conjunction with the Tel Aviv University Wise Observatory, for space research. It will be launched on the SRG satellite in 1995 as a part of the SODART X-Ray telescope. The thermal design has to cope with the extreme space environmental conditions caused by the solar heat flux and deep space, the satellite low power consumption requirement and the temperature restrictions of the various optical elements combined with surface finish requirements dictated by the stray light demands. In this paper we summarize the TAUVEX design considerations and the analysis which leads to the final thermal design.

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Avigdor Blasberger and Moshe Levi "Thermal design of the TAUVEX astronomical space telescope", Proc. SPIE 1998, Optomechanical Design, (16 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.156617

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