The SPIRE beam steering mirror: a cryogenic two-axis mechanism for the Herschel Space Observatory

Ian Pain; Brian Stobie; Gillian S. Wright; T. A. Paul; Colin R. Cunningham

doi:10.1117/12.461629

5 March 2003 SPIRE beam steering mirror: a cryogenic 2 axis mechanism for the Herschel Space Observatory

Ian Pain, Brian Stobie, Gillian S. Wright, T. A. Paul, Colin R. Cunningham

Proceedings Volume 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461629
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The Beam Steering Mirror (BSM) subsystem is a critical part of the SPIRE Instrument for the ESA Herschel Space Observatory. It is used to steer the beam of the telescope on the photometer and spectrometer arrays in 2 orthogonal directions, for purposes of fully sampling the image, fine pointing and signal modulation. The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) is part of a consortium of 15 institutes in Europe and the USA which was formed to build SPIRE and which is lead by Dr M. Griffin of the University of Wales, Cardiff.

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Ian Pain, Brian Stobie, Gillian S. Wright, T. A. Paul, and Colin R. Cunningham "SPIRE beam steering mirror: a cryogenic 2 axis mechanism for the Herschel Space Observatory", Proc. SPIE 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (5 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461629

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