GeoCARB design maturity and geostationary heritage

Kevin Sawyer; Charles Clark; Noah Katz; Jack Kumar; Ted Nast; Alice Palmer

doi:10.1117/12.2024457

19 September 2013 GeoCARB design maturity and geostationary heritage

Kevin Sawyer, Charles Clark, Noah Katz, Jack Kumar, Ted Nast, Alice Palmer

Proceedings Volume 8867, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXI; 88670M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024457
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Our companion paper ‘Progress in development of Tropospheric Infrared Mapping Spectrometers (TIMS): geostationary greenhouse gas (GHG) application’ describes geoCARB performance and science. Here we describe a geoCARB instrument design study leading to near PDR maturity. It is based on heritage geostationary (AIA and HMI on SDO, SBIRS GEO-1 and upcoming GLM on GOES-R as examples) and other (IRIS and NIRcam) flight instrumentation. Heritage work includes experience and well developed specifications for near a-thermal carbon fiber honeycomb composite optical benches and optical element mounting design forms that utilize a “family” of mounts for nearly any type of optical element. The geoCARB approach utilizes composite optical benches and bipod flexures to kinematically mount optics. Tooling for alignment and staking of all elements is integral to the design and is “removed before flight” for mass minimization. GeoCARB requires a cryogenic region for focal planes and spectrometers but front end optics and main structure are designed to run much warmer. A star tracker is used for geoCARB posteriori geolocation including pseudo-diurnal thermal distortion characterization. It is kinematically mounted by low conductance thermal isolators directly on to the low expansion high stiffness composite bench that defines the master optical surfaces including the scanning mirrors. The thermal load from the camera heads is routed away from the bench heat pipes. Use of kinematic mounting is advantageous for low thermal conduction designs. Honeycomb composites enable the design’s low thermal mechanical distortions.

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Kevin Sawyer, Charles Clark, Noah Katz, Jack Kumar, Ted Nast, and Alice Palmer "GeoCARB design maturity and geostationary heritage", Proc. SPIE 8867, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXI, 88670M (19 September 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024457

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